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, Kaluga, and

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Military career

Son of Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Yegor Tolstoy was born on 9 July 1802 (

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) in the

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. He received home education and in 1819 enrolled to serve in the Uglitsk regiment. In 1821, he was transferred into the regiment of chasseurs of the Leib Guards. Tolstoy was aide-de-camp to general Alexander von Neidgart, and was stationed in Laibach (

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) during the

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, where he was appointed head of the Russian headquarters of the detachment against Piedmont. In 1826, Count Tolstoy participated in the Russo-Persian War, 1826–1828, serving as aide de camp to Mayor-General Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov. On 21 April 1827 Tolstoy was appointed aide de camp to the Emperor

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. During the campaign of Russo-Turkish War, 1828–1829, he was awarded with an

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of the 4th degree and the rank of colonel for the action in the siege of

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. He was awarded with a golden sword for the restoration of the communication between the main army and the corps of general Loggin Rot in July of the same year; and was wounded in the head during the

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. In 1831, Yegor Tolstoy participated in the military actions against Polish rebels during November Uprising and was awarded with an

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of the 3rd degree for the seizure of

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Government Work

In 1835 Count Tolstoy received an appointment at the Ministry of Interior and gave his resignation in 1840. In April 1851, he was appointed governor of Kaluga, and on 27 April 1854, governor-general of the city of

. Tolstoy held this office until September 1856 and participated in the defense of the city from bombardments and landing operations during the

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in 1855. On 31 August 1859 he was appointed governor of

and on 4 August 1861, Russian senator. In 1870, Tolstoy was decorated with an

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for the 50 years of service. Count Yegor Tolstoy died on 12 March 1874.

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Governor Yegor Petrovich Tolstoy
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Governors of Penza Governorate