Miller, Ivan Ivanovich

Ivan Ivanovich Miller
Ivan Ivanovich Miller
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Ivan Ivanovich Miller (3rd) (1776-1824 ^[1] ) - Russian major general, participant in the Patriotic War of 1812.

Content

1 Biography
2 Awards
3 Family
4 notes
5 Literature
6 References

Biography

He came "from the military nobles of the Tula province": father - chief officer, Johann Miller.

From 1785 he was brought up in the Artillery and Engineering Gentry Cadet Corps , after which in November 1794 he was released as second lieutenant to the Gatchina artillery team. In November 1796, he was enlisted as headquarters captain in the Jaeger Life Guards Regiment . In 1797 he was sent to Livonia province and soon promoted to captain. Awarded the Order of St. Anne, 3rd class

In April 1798 he was granted the rank of colonel. In October 1798 he was seconded to the headquarters of the corps of General V. Kh. Derfelden , as part of which he participated in the Italian and Swiss campaigns of A. V. Suvorov ; May 13, 1799 was promoted to major general and appointed chief of the 7th Jaeger Regiment . For the difference in the battle of Novi he was awarded the Order of St. Anne of the 2nd degree.

In 1805, in the battle of Austerlitz , with the 2nd and 3rd battalions of his regiment, he marched at the head of the column and stormed the Sokolnitsky castle; was wounded and captured. For distinction with Austerlitz, he was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree .

Upon his return to Russia in May 1806 he retired, but in September 1807 he was again appointed chief of the 7th Jäger Regiment, with whom he participated in the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812 . He retired in 1810.

In the Patriotic War of 1812 he participated in the formation of the Tula militia ; commanded the combined militia infantry division, from December 1812 - all the Tula militia. In April 1813 he distinguished himself in repulsing the French sally from Danzig fortress - he was awarded the Golden Sword “For Courage” with diamonds. In September 1813 he was seriously wounded during the assault on the Babelsberg bastion, was awarded the Order of St. Anna of the 1st degree; December 15, dismissed for health reasons ^[2] .

He died on February 20, 1824 in the village of Luchki, Efremov district of the Tula province at the age of 47, and was buried at the Theological Church in the village of Bogoslovskoe-Kurkino ^[1] .

Rewards

He was awarded the Russian orders - St. Anna of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd century, St. Vladimir of the 3rd century, St. John of Jerusalem , as well as two foreign; Golden sword “For courage” with diamonds.

His descendants are included in the 2nd part of the noble family tree of the book of the Tula province .

Family

Ivan Ivanovich married maid of honor Praskovya Alexandrovna Volkova (1782—?), The daughter of playwright Alexander Andreyevich Volkov and Ekaterina Danilovna, nee Kanishcheva. Their children:

Pavel (1813-6.06.1885) is a real state councilor.
Sergey (1815-1867) - titular adviser.
Vasily (7.03.1819–24.06.1885) - lieutenant; He was married to Maria Nikolaevna Polyakova.
Sophia (09/13/1822 - 09/15/18869) - according to a contemporary, she had a near mind, but had a graceful and attractive appearance that involuntarily attracted her. Before her marriage, Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich looked after her. Marrying a rich relative of Dmitry Grigoryevich Rakhmanov , she was very unhappy with him. Widowed, she lived with her young daughter in Moscow, where Vladimir Fedorovich Samarin and Prince Nikolai Trubetskoy were passionately in love with her. In 1857, she married the son of Privy Councilor Prince A.P. Obolensky, Prince Vladimir Andreevich Obolensky (1814-1877), and lived with him happily until her death. She died in her estate in Kharkov province from anaphylactic shock caused by a fly bite on her cheek. Her daughter Maria Rakhmanova was married to Count A. S. Apraksin .

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Miller 3rd .
↑ D. M. Volkonsky wrote in his diary that back in September 1813: “ Barclay announces the highest will of September 2 to disband the Jaeger Regiment and level it with the other regiments of the Tula militia, then unable to dissolve them into houses and release victims from the lot of war on vacation, the artillery company is either destroyed, or seconded to the army company, and as people and horses decline, destroy. I’ll dismiss Miller if she doesn’t want to serve with me ”; in January 1814, he wrote: “On the 29th they dined at Borozdin, and on the 30th at Miller”; i.e., Miller was still abroad.

Literature

Miller Ivan Ivanovich // Russian Archive: History of the Fatherland in evidence and documents of the XVIII — XX centuries: Almanac. - M .: TRITE Studio: Ros. Archive, 1996. - S. 475. - [T.] VII.
Polshakov G. N. Hero of the Patriotic War, “German” of the Efrem district U. I. Miller // Tula antiquity: historical and local history almanac: Sat. scientific works and publications. Book I / Under the general. scientific ed. Ph.D. O. Yu. Kuznetsova. - Tula: Antara, 2017 .-- S. 127-129. - 228 p. - ISBN 978-5-9500079-1-0 .

Links

Miller 3rd Ivan Ivanovich
Miller Ivan Ivanovich on the site "Germans of Russia"
Miller 3rd Ivan Ivanovich (neopr.) . Napoleon and the revolution . Date of treatment February 20, 2012. Archived March 17, 2013.

[_b9fd991b965e1692-1] ¹ ² Miller 3rd .

[2] D. M. Volkonsky wrote in his diary that back in September 1813: “ Barclay announces the highest will of September 2 to disband the Jaeger Regiment and level it with the other regiments of the Tula militia, then unable to dissolve them into houses and release victims from the lot of war on vacation, the artillery company is either destroyed, or seconded to the army company, and as people and horses decline, destroy. I’ll dismiss Miller if she doesn’t want to serve with me ”; in January 1814, he wrote: “On the 29th they dined at Borozdin, and on the 30th at Miller”; i.e., Miller was still abroad.