Ivan Denisyevich (Denisovich) Denisov (1781–1848) - Major General of the Don Army , a member of the Central Asian campaign , the Russian-Turkish and Napoleonic wars.
| Ivan Denisiev Denisov | |||||
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| Date of Birth | 1781 | ||||
| Date of death | 1848 | ||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||
| Years of service | 1791-1824 | ||||
| Rank |  major general | ||||
| Commanded | regiment Ilovaisky 11th | ||||
| Battles / Wars | Central Asian trip Russian-Turkish war (1806-1812) Patriotic War of 1812 * Battle of the Red | ||||
| Awards and prizes |
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| Retired | since 1824 | ||||
During the Patriotic War of 1812 - commander of the regiment of Ilovaisky 11th (from November 28, 1812 to September 26, 1813 [1] )
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Biography
Son of the Cossack of the village of Aksai [2] . In 1791, having only ten years old, Ivan Denisov entered the internal control service of the Don Cossack Army — and remained in such service until 1798, and then entered the regiment of Major Kumshatsky, stationed in the Kiev gubernia , where in 1800 was produced in the cornet .
In 1801 he took part in the Central Asian campaign , interrupted after the death of Paul I.
In 1803, Denisov was in the service in St. Petersburg , being seconded to the Life Cossack Guard of His Majesty's regiment . Denisov ensured the rotation of the regimental composition, delivering from the Don a fresh replenishment in return for those who returned to the family under the privilege [3] .
Russian-Turkish War
In 1806 he served on the Austrian border and took part in the reconquest of the Besarabian fortress Khotyn from the Turks.
In 1807, for the difference in the battle of Pultusk , he was promoted to the center .
In 1809–1811, he participated in the battles of Silistra, Tataritsa , Shumle , Slobodzee , Rushchuk and others.
For the differences was made in the captain , and then - in the military foremen .
Patriotic War of 1812
In 1812, Denisov was dismissed due to illness from the Ilovaysky regiment of the 11th for treatment in the Caucasus , but with the first news of the Napoleonic invasion, he returned to the regiment.
He participated in battles against the French in the city of Red and near Vilna . Then, after the death of Ilovaisky on the 11th, on November 27 he received his regiment, with whom he distinguished himself during the attack on Marienwerder [4] on January 30-31, 1813.
Further, Denisov distinguished himself at the place of Circus [5] ; under Berlin and Belzig , where on August 15, 1813, he took an enemy gun with 2 charging boxes and captured 200 cuirassiers.
He commanded the regiment until the middle of October 1813, after which he headed the consolidated Cossack unit.
During the pursuit of the enemy from Leipzig , Denisov was sent with the Orenburg Cossack regiment and the consolidated rifle squad from the Don regiments to the road leading to Hanau , and on October 19 attacked the enemy, defeated him and took many prisoners.
Next Denisov was under siege of fortresses in Holland.
In 1814, Denisov participated in the battles of Soissons , Laon , Reims and Ptvieu , and for the difference he was promoted to colonel .
In 1824, Denisov was dismissed from the rank of major general .
He died in 1848.
Awards
For differences in the battles I. D. was awarded orders: of sv. George 4 tbsp. (for the case at Belzig), sv. Vladimir 4 tbsp. with swords and bow Anna 2 tbsp. with swords, and also - a golden saber with the inscription: "For courage . "
Family
- Wife - Maria Petrovna, daughter of Colonel Peter Kulbakova
- Son - Nikolai Ivanovich (1821 -?), Was married to Nadezhda Zotevna Vasilyeva
- Grandson - Peter Nikolaevich Denisov (1851–1922), Major General, Commander of the 4th Brigade of the Zaamur District of the Separate Corps of the Border Guard.
- Daughter - Kapitolina Ivanovna, was married to Ivan Stepanovich Kuteynikov
- Daughter - Taisa Ivanovna, was married to Vasily Akimovich Mashlykin.
Bibliography
- The end of the XIX century. Biographies and materials of Don personalities in the field of military, civil and public service, as well as in the field of sciences, arts, literature and so on. - Novocherkassk, 1907.
- Denisov A. Leib Guard Cossack His Majesty's Regiment // Time of Troubles. The look of an engineer.
- Cossack dictionary-reference / ed. A.I. Skrylov and G.V. Gubareva. - T. 1. - Cleveland, 1966.
- The project of the Russian-French expedition to India. 1800 // Russian antiquity. - 1872. - Vol. 7, No. 9.
Notes
All dates in the article are in the old style .
- ↑ Kalinin S., E. DON COSSACK, MILITARY IN 1812-1814
- ↑ Presumably, from the noble family of the Denisovs - descendants of the Horde Cossack Denis-Batur (“Cossack dictionary-reference book”, published by A. I. Skrylov and G. V. Gubarev, volume I - Cleveland, Ohio , USA, 1966.). Denisovs gave a whole galaxy of Don generals).
- ↑ According to A. Denisov.
- ↑ Now - Polish Kwidzyn (Kwidzyn).
- ↑ Now - Serakov (Sierakow), on the river Warta.
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