Vasiliy Osipovich Bebutov ( arm, Վասիլ Բեհբութով, ka, ვასილ ბებუთაშვილი / ბებუთოვი, russian: link=no, Василий Осипович Бебутов) (1 January 1791 – 7 April 1858) was an Imperial Russian general and a member of a Georgian-Armenian noble family of Bebutashvili/Bebutov. Bebutov was in the military since 1809. Served in the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812 and the Patriotic War of 1812. Since 1816 he was

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of the

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and served with A. P. Yermolov. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29 he participated in the takeover of Akhaltsikhe and commanded the defense thereof against an attempt by Ahmed Pasha of Adjara to recapture it for the Ottomans. In 1830 he was made the governor of the

Armenian Oblast The Armenian Oblast was a province (''oblast'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire that existed from 1828 to 1840. It corresponded to most of present-day central Armenia, the Iğdır Province of Turkey, and the Nakhchivan excla ...

. From 1844–47 he fought

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. He was awarded the

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of the second degree on 6 December 1853 for his services after he defeated the Ottomans in the battle of Başgedikler during the

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Honours and awards

* Order of St. Anne, 3rd class (1813), 1st class (1829) *

Order of St. Vladimir The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir (russian: орден Святого Владимира) was an Imperial Russian order established on by Empress Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptize ...

, 4th class (1819), 2nd class (1844) *

Gold Sword for Bravery The Gold Sword for Bravery (russian: Золотое оружие "За храбрость") was a Russian award for bravery. It was set up with two grades on 27 July 1720 by Peter the Great, reclassified as a public order in 1807 and abolished ...

(1828) *

Order of St. George The Order of Saint George (russian: Орден Святого Георгия, Orden Svyatogo Georgiya) is the highest military decoration of the Russian Federation. Originally established on 26 November 1769 Julian (7 December 1769 Gregorian) a ...

, 4th class (1830), 3rd class (1846), 2nd class (1853) * Order of the White Eagle (1847) * Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1849) *

Order of St. Andrew The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called (russian: Орден Святого апостола Андрея Первозванного, translit=Orden Svyatogo apostola Andreya Pervozvannogo) is the highest order conferred by both the ...

(1854)

External links

Recipients of the Military Order of St. George: biography
in Russian

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