Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky russian: Пётр Миха́йлович Волко́нский,
tr. ; ) was an
Imperial Russian
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. The ...
military commander, General-
Field Marshal
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(1843),
Adjutant General to
Alexander I, member of the
State Council (1821).
Biography
Pyotr Volkonsky was born in
St. Petersburg in 1776. Volkonsky participated in the plot to remove
Paul I from the throne and became one of the closest advisors to
Alexander I. He commanded the Russian troops in the
Battle of Austerlitz.
He was Chief of Staff of the Acting Army from December 1812 and Chief of General Staff (1815-1823). Resigned after a conflict with the War Minister Count
Aleksey Arakcheyev.
He was an Ambassador to the coronation of
Charles X of France
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in 1824. Afterwards, he was
Minister of Imperial Court and Properties between 1826 and 1852.
The mineral
volkonskoite was named in honor of him in 1831.
References
External links
The ancestors and descendants Serene Highness Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky
Notes
S. Yu. Rychkov-Map depot and quantermaster unit on the eve of Patriotic war of 1812.The Journal of Military History (Voyenno-Istoricheskiy Zhurnal). April 2006,№ 4, p. 35-40* Almagro (1843) notice sur le familles principales de la Russie
1776 births
1852 deaths
Pyotr Mikhailovich
Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
Field marshals of Russia
Members of the State Council (Russian Empire)
Military personnel from Saint Petersburg
Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Third Degree
Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
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