Baron Karl Karlovich Pritwitz ( German: Carl Leonhard Friedrich Anton von Prittwitz , 1797–1881) - cavalry general, adjutant general.
| Karl Karlovich Pritz | |
|---|---|
| him. Carl Leonhard Friedrich Anton von Prittwitz | |
| Date of Birth | November 20, 1797 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | March 10, 1881 (83 years old) |
| Place of death | |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire |
| Type of army | cavalry |
| Rank | cavalry general |
| Commanded | His Majesty's Life Guards Ulansky Regiment , 1st Brigade of the 2nd Light Cavalry Division, 7th Light Cavalry Division |
| Battles / wars | The Polish campaign of 1830-1831 |
| Awards and prizes | Order of St. Anne , 2nd art. (1831), Virtuti Militari 4th art. (1831), Order of St. Stanislav , 2nd century, Order of St. Anna , 2nd century, Order of St. Vladimir , 3rd century, Order of St. George , 4th century (1844), Order of St. Stanislav 1st art. (1845), Order of St. Anne , 1st art. (1848), Order of St. Vladimir , 2nd art. (1856), Order of the White Eagle (1860), Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1864), Order of St. Vladimir , 1st art. (1881). |
Biography
Karl Pritwitz was born into the family of the retired Prussian service captain Karl Karlovich (Otto Karl von) Pritwitz and the wife of his Baroness Carolina nee von Dibich .
Born in Ponosau in Silesia on November 20, 1797.
His family is recorded in the noble books of the St. Petersburg province .
His brothers: Pavel (lieutenant general, senator) and Fedor (major general, director of the Construction Institute of the Ministry of Railways).
Having entered the 49th Jaeger Regiment on November 11, 1814, in 1813 he was transferred to the Nizov Infantry Regiment , with whom, in April 1813, he went on an overseas trip , but was sent on a journey by a columnar leader to His Majesty’s retinue through the quartermaster unit and on September 3, 1815 he was promoted to cornet with the appointment to the Serpukhov Lancers Regiment , with whom he made a campaign from Warsaw through Germany to France .
June 22, 1817 moved to the Life Guards Ulansky of His Majesty's regiment . On December 12, 1828, Pritvice received the rank of captain .
Commanding a squadron in 1830, he was distinguished by his resourcefulness and discretion in Warsaw at the beginning of the Polish uprising on the night of November 17, 1830, when he was on duty on his regiment. Having received news of the rebellion that had begun in the city, he ordered the alarm to be sounded immediately and one of the first to bring the regiment to the Belvedere in order. Then, after the removal of Tsarevich Konstantin Pavlovich with the Russian army from the borders of Poland , he and his regiment, in January 1831, again went on a campaign in Poland as part of the army of Count Dibich-Zabalkansky and on February 13 took part in the Battle of Grokhov , where he the squadron crashed into three squares of the 1st Polish jaeger regiment and, despite being shot in the left elbow, was the first to break into the middle of the right square, and was secondly wounded by a bullet in the left hand. For this feat he received the Order of St. Anne of the 2nd degree was granted the wing by the adjutant, and then took part in several affairs of this campaign. Also for this campaign, he received the Polish 4th degree Virtuti Militari badge.
Continuing his service in the regiment (from May 1, with the rank of colonel ), he, as the wing of the adjutant , carried out 15 special High missions until 1841, and was promoted to major general of His Majesty’s Suite on April 16, 1841.
On January 14, 1849, Pritwitz was appointed commander of the Life Guards of His Majesty's Ulan Regiment and at the head of it participated in the campaign of Russian troops to the western borders of the Empire, on the occasion of the Hungarian campaign .
In November 1849 he was appointed head of the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Light Cavalry Division , and on December 6 he was promoted to lieutenant general , granted the rank of Adjutant General, and on December 13 he was appointed head of the 7th Light Cavalry Division .
On December 12, 1854, Pritvitsa was ordered to be with the emperor, and he accompanied him several times on trips around Russia and abroad and carried out a significant number of different assignments and business trips.
In 1856, Pritvits was appointed reinstatement of the trustee of St. Petersburg military hospitals and carried these duties until the abolition of the post in 1861, and on February 13 this year, in commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the Battle of Grokhov, he was promoted to general from the cavalry and resigned as adjutant general and with enrollment in the guards cavalry.
In the period from 1833 to 1858, he was awarded the orders: St. Stanislav 2nd degree, St. Anne of the 2nd degree, St. Vladimir 3rd degree, St. St. George 4th grade (December 17, 1844, for the immaculate length of service for 25 years in officer ranks, No. 7137 according to the cavalier list of Grigorovich - Stepanov), St. Stanislav 1st degree (in 1845), Order of St. Anna of the 1st degree (in 1848), St. Vladimir 2nd degree (in 1856), White Eagle (in 1860), St. Alexander Nevsky (in 1864) and finally St. Vladimir of the 1st degree, who was granted to him on February 13, 1881, on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Grokhov.
Pritvits died on March 10, 1881.
His sons: Nikolai (lieutenant general, also was the commander of the Life Guards of His Majesty's Ulan regiment), Ivan (major general).
Sources
- Pritvits, Karl Karlovich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- Krestovsky V.V. History of the Life Guards of His Majesty Ulansky Regiment. SPb., 1876
- List to the generals by seniority . Fixed on August 1. SPb., 1872
- 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