Vasily Sergeevich Rakhmanov (1764-1816) - Russian commander of the Napoleonic Wars , lieutenant general of the Russian Imperial Army .
Vasily Sergeevich Rakhmanov | |
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Portrait of Vasily Sergeyevich Rakhmanov workshop [1] of George Dow . Military Gallery of the Winter Palace , State Hermitage Museum ( St. Petersburg ) | |
Date of Birth | 1764 |
Date of death | November 10, 1816 |
Affiliation | Russian empire |
Years of service | 1785 - 1816 (with a break) |
Rank | lieutenant general |
Commanded | Kolyvan Musketeer. p. (1803) |
Battles / wars | |
Awards and prizes | Order of St. Anna of the 1st Art. with diamonds, George of the 3rd class., Vladimir of the 3rd st .; gold sword “for courage” with diamonds |
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Biography
Vasily Rakhmanov was born in 1764; came from a noble family .
He was brought up in the Land gentry cadet corps, from where on February 6, 1785 he was sent to the Tula Infantry Regiment as a lieutenant .
He took part in the Russian-Turkish war of 1787-1791. and the Polish events of 1794 ; for the differences in the latter was on November 26, 1795 awarded the Order of St. George 4th grade
For the excellent courage shown on May 24, 1794 against the Polish rebels at Schekochin, where the enemy cannon was recaptured. |
For merits of the Dutch expedition , Rakhmanov June 5, 1799 received the shoulder straps of the colonel.
February 10, 1803 Rakhmanov was transferred to the Kolyvan Musketeer Regiment, June 11 became his commander; and on August 28 of that year he was awarded the rank of major general and was appointed to the post of chief of the Nizov Musketeer Regiment .
He fought with this regiment in the War of the Fourth Coalition ( Golden Sword "For Courage" with diamonds ) and the Russian-Swedish War of 1808-1809. Then he was appointed commandant of Uleaborg.
After Napoleon's invasion of the Russian Empire, he took part in a number of battles of the Patriotic War of 1812 .
After the expulsion of the enemy from Russia, he took part in the foreign campaign of the Russian army and for the siege of the Elbing fortress; was awarded July 31, 1813 the Order of St. George, 3rd class, No. 311
In retribution of the excellent courage and courage shown in the battles against the French troops on November 15 and 16, 1812 at Borisov and Stuyanka. |
September 11, 1816 Rakhmanov was promoted to lieutenant general for the siege of Danzig .
Vasily Sergeevich Rakhmanov died on November 10, 1816.
Notes
- ↑ State Hermitage Museum. Western European painting. Catalog / Ed. V. F. Levinson-Lessing; ed. A. E. Krol , K. M. Semenova. - 2nd edition, revised and supplemented. - L .: Art, 1981. - T. 2. - P. 259, cat. No 7932. - 360 p.
Literature
- Dictionary of Russian generals, participants in the hostilities against the army of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1812-1815. // Russian archive. The history of the Fatherland in the evidence and documents of the XVIII — XX centuries. : Collection. - M .: TRITE studio N. Mikhalkova , 1996. - T. VII . - S. 527-528 . - ISSN 0869-20011 . (Comm. A. A. Podmazo )