Baron (1853) Boris Andreevich (Bernhard) Frederiks (Fredericks) 2nd (1797–1874) - Russian adjutant general, general from infantry from the Friedrix family. Father of Count Vladimir Fredericks .
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| Place of death | St. Petersburg | |||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | |||||||||||||||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||||||||||||||
| Rank | general from infantry | |||||||||||||||||
| Commanded | Erivan Carabinier Regiment , 1st Brigade of the 15th Infantry Division | |||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | Overseas campaign of 1814 , the Russian-Persian war of 1826-1828 , the Russian-Turkish war of 1828-1829 , the Polish campaign of 1831 | |||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born March 24, 1797 in the family of foreman Andrei Ivanovich (Andreas Johann) Fredericks and his wife Maria, daughter of General-General I. I. Meller-Zakomelsky . Brothers: Alexander (1778–1849, lieutenant general) and Peter (1786–1855, major general, chief-stalmeister, real privy councilor).
He entered the Forestry Department in 1811, but after three years he changed his civilian service to military and was appointed ensign in the Kozlovsky Infantry Regiment , in whose ranks he participated in the 1814 Overseas Campaign .
In 1827, while participating in the Russian-Persian war , he was appointed commander of the Erivan Carabinieri Regiment , commanding which he also campaigned 1828-1829 against the Turks . During the last war Fredericks repeatedly had military distinctions, for which he was awarded the Order of St. St. George 4th degree (November 16, 1828, No. 4180 according to the cavalier list of Grigorovich - Stepanov) and two gold swords with the inscription "For courage" , of which the second was decorated with diamonds (January 1, 1829 and August 19, 1829).
Since 1830, Fredericks commanded the 1st Brigade of the 15th Infantry Division and in 1831 fought against Polish insurgents .
In 1856, Fredericks was appointed Honorary Guardian of the St. Petersburg Board of Trustees; promoted to lieutenant general in 1858, Baron Fredericks in 1861 was made a comrade in chief of the IV department of His Majesty’s own Chancellery and corrected this post until the end of his life. In 1864 he was awarded the title of Adjutant General .
From 1856 to 1869 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of public charity institutions in St. Petersburg, a trustee of city almshouses [1] .
He died on May 26, 1874 in St. Petersburg , was buried at the Volkov Lutheran cemetery . Married to Emma Adolfovna von Wulf left the sons of Alexander and Vladimir .
Rewards
Russian [2] [3] :
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th degree with a bow (1813) [4] .
- Order of St. Anne of the 2nd degree with diamonds (1827).
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd degree (1828).
- Order of St. George 4th degree (1828).
- Golden sword “For courage” (1828).
- Golden sword “For courage” with diamonds (1829).
- Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree with swords (1832).
- Polish insignia for military dignity 2 tbsp. (1839).
- Order of St. Anne 1st degree (1859).
- Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd degree (1861).
- Order of the White Eagle (1862).
- Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1865).
- Diamond signs to the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1868).
foreign:
- French Legion of Honor (1814).
- Persian Order of Leo and the Sun (1828).
- Oldenburg Order of Merit (1863).
Notes
- ↑ Ordin K. Appendices // Board of Trustees of Public Charity Institutions in St. Petersburg. Essay on the Fifty Years of 1828-1878. - SPb. : Printing house of the second branch of His Imperial Majesty’s Chancellery , 1878. - P. 5. - 595 p.
- ↑ Baron Frideriks Boris Andreevich // List of generals by seniority . 1857. - St. Petersburg. : Military Printing House, 1857. - S. 314-315.
- ↑ List of seniority generals . - St. Petersburg, 1874
- ↑ Cav. Ord. St. Vladimir of the fourth degree // List of cavaliers of the imperial Russian orders of all kinds for 1829. Part II. - St. Petersburg: at the Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1830. - S. 160.
Sources
- Volkov S.V. Generality of the Russian Empire. Encyclopedic dictionary of generals and admirals from Peter I to Nicholas II. Volume II L — I. - M. , 2009
- Ismailov E.E. Golden weapon with the inscription "For courage." Lists of gentlemen 1788-1913. - M. , 2007
- Miloradovich G. A. The list of persons of the retinue of their majesties from the reign of Emperor Peter I to 1886. - SPb. , 1886
- Fredericks, Boris Andreevich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- Stepanov V.S., Grigorovich P.I. In memory of the centennial of the imperial Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George. (1769-1869). - SPb. , 1869
- Fedorchenko V.I. Suite of Russian emperors. Book 2. M — I. - M. - Krasnoyarsk, 2005