Karol Dominik Przeździecki (1782–1832) was a Polish count, born in
Chornyi Ostriv.
In 1806, he was the ruler of
Smarhonʹ
Smarhon or Smorgon ( be, Смарго́нь, ; russian: Сморгонь; lt, Smurgainys; pl, Smorgonie; yi, סמאָרגאָן) is a city in the Grodno Region of Belarus. It was the site of Smarhon air base, now mostly abandoned. Smarhoń is ...
. During the
French invasion of Russia
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in 1812, he first commanded the
21st Lithuanian Infantry Regiment until August, and then the
18th Lithuanian Lancer Regiment. In 1813, he was awarded the
Legion of Honour
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.
In 1816, he retired and lived in Smarhon, occupying himself with local industry. One of his occupations was breeding horses. He participated in the 1830–1831
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 ...
. After its suppression he escaped to
Poznań
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, where he died in 1832.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Przezdziecki, Karol Dominik
Counts of Poland
Polish politicians
November Uprising participants
Recipients of the Legion of Honour
People from Khmelnytskyi Oblast
People from Grodno Region
1782 births
1832 deaths