Ditmars, Eberhard Ivanovich von

Eberhard Ivanovich von Ditmars
Eberhard Ivanovich von Ditmars
	him. Eberhard von dittmars
Date of Birth
Date of death
Place of death	Friedrichsgam , VKF
Rank	major general

Eberhard Ivanovich von Ditmars ( German: Eberhard von Dittmars ; 1792 - 1843 , Friedrichsgam , Grand Duchy of Finland ) - Russian soldier of German descent, surveyor , cartographer ; Major General (1835), Director of the Finnish Cadet Corps (1834-1843).

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Biography

In 1810 he entered the military service.

In 1815 he conducted topographic surveys of the location of units of the 1st Army during his stay in France.

From 1817 to 1828 he was a member of the trigonometric surveys of the Vilna , Courland and Grodno provinces .

In 1828 he was appointed divisional quartermaster of the 2nd equestrian jaeger division of the army. In the same year was the head of topographic surveys in Northern Bulgaria.

From 1829 to 1832 he was the head of the geodetic detachment formed during the Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829) .

In 1831 he was the head of the shooting of Moldova and Wallachia. For special services to the Corps of Military Topographers, his surname is stamped on the medal "In memory of the 50th anniversary of the KBT" ^[1] .

From 1834 to 1843, he headed the Finland Cadet Corps as a director ^[2] .

April 7, 1835 promoted to major general.

He died in 1843 in Friedrichsham and was buried in a local cemetery (the grave has been preserved) ^[3] .

Rewards

Order of St. Anne IV Degree (1813)
Order of St. George IV degree (No. 5111; December 1, 1835) ^[4] .
Order of St. Vladimir III degree (1836)
The distinction "For perfect service" 25 years (1838)
Order of St. Stanislav I degree (1840)

Notes

↑ History of military cartography in Russia (XVIII - beginning of XX century). Ditmars Ebergard Ivanovich (179? After 1835) (neopr.) . Date of appeal October 16, 2017.
↑ Finnish topographic cadet corps (neopr.) . Date of appeal October 16, 2017.
↑ Eberhard von Dittmars (1792-1843) (neopr.) . Date of appeal October 16, 2017.
↑ Cavaliers of St. George the 4th class (neopr.) . Date of appeal October 16, 2017.

Literature

Ditmars. Ebergard Ivanovich. // List to generals by seniority . Corrected on June 20th. - SPb. : Military Printing House, 1840. - S. 291.

[1] History of military cartography in Russia (XVIII - beginning of XX century). Ditmars Ebergard Ivanovich (179? After 1835) (neopr.) . Date of appeal October 16, 2017.

[2] Finnish topographic cadet corps (neopr.) . Date of appeal October 16, 2017.

[3] Eberhard von Dittmars (1792-1843) (neopr.) . Date of appeal October 16, 2017.

[4] Cavaliers of St. George the 4th class (neopr.) . Date of appeal October 16, 2017.