Fyodor Ivanovich von Lutze ( 1785 - 1866 ) - engineer-general; commandant of Gatchina .
| Fedor Ivanovich von Luce | |
|---|---|
| him Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Luce | |
| Date of Birth | August 16, 1785 |
| Date of death | November 23, 1866 (81 year) |
| Place of death | Ahrensburg |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire |
| Type of army | engineering troops |
| Rank | general engineer |
| Commanded | Training Battalion, Model Infantry Regiment |
| Battles / Wars | Russian-Swedish war of 1808-1809 , the Patriotic War of 1812 |
| Awards and prizes | Order of St. Vladimir 4th century (1812), Order of St. Anne 4th century. (1813), Order of St. George 4th century. (1827), Order of St. Vladimir , 3rd Art. (1829), Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree. (1832), Order of St. Anne 1 st century. (1835), Order of the White Eagle (1852) |
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Biography
The son of Doctor of Theology and Medicine, Johann-Wilhelm-Ludwig von Luet , was born on August 16, 1785 . Educated in the 1st cadet corps and was released in engineering officers March 13, 1805 .
Participated in the Russian-Swedish war , where he organized the crossing of the Gulf of Bothnia on thin ice and poured batteries out of snow. In the Patriotic War of 1812, he was with one company of sappers with the whole army and arranged all the crossings, since the engineer battalions were stationed in fortresses. In 1820, Luce was promoted to colonel .
Subsequently, Luce commanded the sapper battalion and, as an outstanding battalion commander, was appointed to form a training sapper battalion, which he brought to such perfection that Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich showed it to distinguished foreign guests, with evening lighting in the Mikhailovsky Manege . In a word, the training sapper battalion was the perfection of front-line education, and therefore was detached for training on all the guards regiments. All the lower ranks, who were trained as non-commissioned officers in all engineer battalions, received such solid training that they gave first-class conductors for fortresses and the first engravers to headquarters.
Since Luce was considered to be a very strict head, the guilty of court staff, for punishment, were sent to the training battalion for training the front. In the meantime, he was the kindest and religious man to the extent that the Gospel was his everlasting reference book. From educational books he especially liked works on agronomy and botany.
At the end of the command of the training sapper battalion, in the reign of Emperor Nicholas I , Luce was assigned to pacify the Novgorod revolt. Returning back to the battalion in great exhaustion, and being at the same time tired of the front service, he asked the chief engineer Danilov to transfer him to engineers.
Then Luce was soon appointed commander of a model infantry regiment, which was brought to excellent condition. During the command of the regiment he was promoted to major general (February 28, 1829 ) and lieutenant general (October 10, 1843 ). Tired of many years of work, Luce fell ill and could not come to the regiment. At the request of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, Emperor Nicholas I in 1853 gave Luce a one-year leave to travel abroad for treatment.
After a year, Luce was appointed Gatchina commandant and manager of the Gatchina palace government. But the new place was no easier for him. He found all state-owned buildings in poor condition, the park was neglected, the bridges barely kept. Luce gradually brought everything to a beautiful state. By the way, he turned the forest into the Priory park , where he spent 11 versts of highways, at no cost to the treasury; he redid the main building of the Gatchina Palace and attached two squares to its ends. Emperor Nicholas I, having examined the palace finally, thanked Luce and, going out to the palace square, addressed him with the following words: “And here you will install Emperor Paul I with a stick”.
The official 60-year-old activity of Luce ended with the construction of a cathedral in Gatchina. He died in Ahrensburg on November 23, 1866.
Awards
- Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree with a bow (1812, for distinctions during the Patriotic War)
- Order of St. Anne of the 4th degree (1813)
- Order of St. George of the 4th degree (November 26, 1827 for blameless service of 25 years in officer ranks (No. 4079 according to the list of Grigorovich - Stepanov's cavalier )
- Order of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree (1829)
- Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree (1832)
- Order of St. Anne 1st degree (1833, the imperial crown to this order granted in 1835)
- Order of the White Eagle (1852)
Notes
Links
- Encyclopedia of Russian Germans (inaccessible link)
Sources
- Volkov S.V. The Generality of the Russian Empire. Encyclopedic dictionary of generals and admirals from Peter I to Nicholas II. Volume II. L — I. M., 2009
- Luce-von, Fyodor Ivanovich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes / Under the supervision of the Chairman of the Imperial Russian Historical Society A. A. Polovtsev. - SPb. , 1902. - T. 13: Paul the Monk - Peter (Eleyk). - p. 820.
- List of senior generals . Corrected on January 1. SPb., 1840
- List of senior generals . Fixed March 26th. SPb., 1862
- Stepanov V.S., Grigorovich P.I. In commemoration of the centenary of the imperial Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious. (1769–1869). SPb., 1869
- Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich (compiled by V.I. Saitov) Petersburg Necropolis. Volume 2. SPb., 1912