Ivan Ivanovich Krasnov russian: Краснов, Иван Иванович (1802–1871) was a Russian general and author.

Military career

He was born in 1802, grandson to the general Ivan Kuzmich Krasnov (1752–1812), fellow-fighter of

Alexander Suvorov Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров, Aleksándr Vasíl'yevich Suvórov; or 1730) was a Russian general in service of the Russian Empire. He was Count of Rymnik, Count of the Holy ...

and

Matvey Platov Count Matvei Ivanovich Platov (8 (19) August 1753 – 3 (15) January 1818) was a Russian general who commanded the Don Cossacks in the Napoleonic wars and founded Novocherkassk as the new capital of the Don Host Province. Biography Platov ...

. Ivan Ivanovich Krasnov was educated at the boarding-school by

Kharkov University The Kharkiv University or Karazin University ( uk, Каразінський університет), or officially V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University ( uk, Харківський національний університет імені ...

. He began military service in 1816 at the Life Guards of the Cossacks Regiment. Three years later, he was promoted to the rank of aide-de-camp to

Vasily Orlov-Denisov Count Vasily Vasilyevich Orlov-Denisov (8 September 1775 – 24 January 1843) was a Cossack Russian general. He was the son of Vasily Petrovich Orlov, Ataman of the Don Cossacks, and grandson (on his mother's side) of the first Earl of the Cossa ...

, commander of the 2nd Cavalry Corps. He participated at the

Russo-Turkish War The Russo-Turkish wars (or Ottoman–Russian wars) were a series of twelve wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries. It was one of the longest series of military conflicts in European histo ...

, 1828–1829, and subdued the Polish rebels during the

November Uprising The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in W ...

in 1831. Afterwards, he returned home to the

Don Voisko Province The Province (Oblast) of the Don Cossack Host (, ''Oblast’ Voyska Donskogo'') of Imperial Russia was the official name of the territory of Don Cossacks, coinciding approximately with the present-day Rostov Oblast of Russia. Its site of adm ...

. In 1838, Ivan Krasnov was elected the director of the board of the

Don Cossack Voisko Don Cossacks (russian: Донские казаки, Donskie kazaki) or Donians (russian: донцы, dontsy) are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (russian: До ...

and assistant to the

Ataman Ataman (variants: ''otaman'', ''wataman'', ''vataman''; Russian: атаман, uk, отаман) was a title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. In the Russian Empire, the term was the official title of the supreme military comman ...

for civil affairs. In 1841–1842 he served as Cossack field chieftain of Don Cossack Voisko regiments in the

Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically ...

and wrote the book ''Notes on the War in Caucasus'' (''Записки о кавказской войне''). In 1843–1848 he commanded the Life Guards of the Cossacks regiment. During

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...

Krasnov served in the rank of field chieftain (ataman) of Don Cossack Voisko regiments within the Crimean Army, and organized the defense of the city of

Taganrog Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population: History of Taganrog The ...

during the

Siege of Taganrog The siege of Taganrog is a name given in some Russian histories to Anglo-French naval operations in the Sea of Azov between June and November 1855 during the Crimean War. British and French forces were implementing a strategy of destroying the ...

in 1855. In 1856 he was appointed general of the 4th military district of Don Voisko.

Literary activity

After the end of Crimean War, Ivan Ivanovich Krasnov returned to his social activities. He regularly published several articles in ''Don Voisko News'' (''Донские Войсковые Ведомости''), ''Military Review'' (''Военный сборник'') and other periodicals. His most important articles dedicated to Don Voisko are: * ''On the Service of Don Cossacks'' (''О донской казачьей службе'') published in ''Military Review'' (''Военный сборник'') 1858 number 2 * ''Don Cossacks Up-River and in the Lower Don'' (''Низовые и верховые донские казаки'') published in ''Military Review'' (''Военный сборник'') 1858 number 2 * ''Ukrainian on the Don'', ''Parties on the Don'', ''On the Service of Cossacks'', ''Don People on Caucasus'' in ''Military Review'' (''Военный сборник'') 1861 number 9 * ''Defense of Taganrog and Azov Sea Coast in 1855'' (Saint Petersburg, 1862); * ''Nationalities within the Don Cossack Voisko'' and ''Local patriotism in the Don Cossack Voisko'' in ''Modern Chronicle'' (''Современная летопись''), 1865 number 16 * ''In Response to the Proposal on Formation of Cossack Regiments'' in ''Military Review'' (''Военный сборник'') 1865 number 11. The most interesting work in terms of historical importance would be his ''Notes of the War in Caucasus'', providing materials on the history of the Life Guards of the Cossack regiment. Ivan I. Krasnov started his literary activity with poems, such as ''Quiet Flows the Don'', ''Prince Vasil'ko'' and more.

External links and references

* * ''Taganrog Encyclopaedia'', Taganrog, 2002 * ''History of Taganrog'' by Pavel Filevsky, Moscow, 1898 {{DEFAULTSORT:Krasnov, Ivan 1802 births 1871 deaths Don Cossacks Imperial Russian Army generals Russian military personnel of the Crimean War Russian people of the November Uprising

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