Baron Georg Andreas von Rosen (''Grigory Vladimirovich Rozen''; russian: Григорий Владимирович Розен; 1782–1841) was a general of the Russian Imperial Army who served as (de-facto) Viceroy of the Caucasus from 1831 to 1837. He was one of the key figures of the

Caucasian War The Caucasian War (russian: Кавказская война; ''Kavkazskaya vojna'') or Caucasus War was a 19th century military conflict between the Russian Empire and various peoples of the North Caucasus who resisted subjugation during the R ...

. A

baron Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knig ...

(''Freiherr'') of

Baltic German Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...

ancestry, he was formally enlisted in the army at the age of seven. He took part in the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

, the

Finnish War The Finnish War ( sv, Finska kriget, russian: Финляндская война, fi, Suomen sota) was fought between the Gustavian era, Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from 21 February 1808 to 17 September 1809 as part of the Napoleonic ...

, fought at Borodino and served with Russian forces all the way to Paris. Promoted to Major General in 1809, he quickly rose through the ranks and in 1826 was promoted to a full general of infantry rank. Rosen was designated the commanding officer of the 6th Lithuanian Corps in 1827. He was thrust into prominence by the Polish campaign of 1830 and acted decisively at Grochów, winning the Czar's admiration. In 1831, he succeeded

Ivan Paskevich Count Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erevansky, Serene Prince of Warsaw (russian: Ива́н Фёдорович Паске́вич-Эриванский, светлейший князь Варшавский, tr. ; – ) was an Imperial Russian mi ...

as commander in chief of the Caucasus Army and remained in charge of the vast area stretching from

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(including all of

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) until 1837. In this capacity he neutralized the 1832 Georgian plot and eliminated the threat of

Ghazi Muhammad Qazi Mullah (Russian: Кази-Мулла, ''Kazi-Mulla'', 1793–1832) was an Islamic scholar and ascetic, who was the first Imam of the Caucasian Imamate (from 1828 to 1832). He was a staunch ally of Imam Shamil. He promoted the Sacred Law of Sh ...

(whom he besieged at his native village of

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). He also forced

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to leave Avaria for two years. He suffered a debilitating stroke in 1839. Rosen died in Moscow and was buried in the

Danilov Monastery Danilov Monastery (also ''Svyato-Danilov Monastery'' or ''Holy Danilov Monastery''; Данилов монастырь, Свято-Данилов монастырь in Russian) is a walled monastery on the right bank of the Moskva River in Moscow. S ...

. Baron Rosen married Countess Elizaveta Zubova in 1812. She was

Platon Zubov Prince Platon Alexandrovich Zubov (russian: Платон Александрович Зубов; ) was the last of Catherine the Great's favourites and the most powerful man in the Russian Empire during the last years of her reign. Life The princ ...

's niece. Their daughter Praskovia became a nun under the name of Mitrophania and was in charge of the

Vladychny Convent Vladychny Monastery (Введенский Владычный монастырь) is a Russian Orthodox convent in Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast. It is located outside the downtown, near the confluence of the rivers Nara and Oka. History The Vladych ...

between 1861 and 1874. A domineering and highly influential person, she was arrested for faking promissory notes and, after a highly publicized trial, was sentenced to exile in Siberia.

Alexander Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 origina ...

based his play ''

Wolves and Sheep ''Wolves and Sheep'' (russian: Волки и овцы) is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky. It was written in 1875, and published in the journal Otechestvennye Zapiski, №11, the same year. It was staged for the first time in St. Petersburg, Decembe ...

'' on his impressions of attending the court proceedings in 1874.

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