Jan Rotwill Heidatel (1801 – 21 March 1871,

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) was a Russian engineer, general-mayor,

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, and commander of

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port. Heidatel was born to a French father and Polish mother. While studying at

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he joined the secret Filaret Association. From 1824 he served in the Corpus of Water Communications in the Ministry of Transport of the

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. In February 1825 he was sent as an officer to

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and was later promoted to general. He was a head of the region of communication tracts in Kaunas. In 1830 he took part in the November Uprising against Tsarist rule. After 1850 he worked in

. Heidatel was married and had two children. He died in Kraków and his burial service was held in St. Anna Roman Catholic church. He was buried in the

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