Baron Alexander Petrovich Gershau (1825-1904) - Russian military and statesman. General of Artillery (1886 [1] ). Actual Privy Counselor (1892 [2] ).
| Alexander Petrovich Gershau | |||||||
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| Date of Birth | May 7, 1825 | ||||||
| Date of death | February 1, 1904 (78 years) | ||||||
| Place of death | St. Petersburg | ||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||||
| Type of army | artillery | ||||||
| Rank | artillery general | ||||||
| Battles / Wars | Polish company | ||||||
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Biography
From the baronial family von Gershau . Entered the service in 1843 after the end of His Majesty the Corps of Pages , promoted to lieutenant of the Guard. From 1863 he participated in the Polish company , for bravery in this company was awarded the Golden St. George's saber :
| For difference in cases against the enemy |
From 1864 - Colonel Guard, Commander of the Life Guards Horse Artillery . In 1865 he was promoted to major general , in 1867 he was granted to the retinue of His Imperial Majesty , in 1873 promoted to lieutenant general . Since 1875 - Head of the 3rd Cavalry Division . In 1886 he was promoted to general of artillery .
In 1893, he was renamed into real secret advisers with the appointment of an honorary guardian of the Board of Trustees of the Empress Maria Fedorovna Institutions , and was a member of the elite St. Petersburg English Assembly [3]
He was awarded all Russian orders, right up to the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky with diamond marks granted to him on January 6, 1899.
Notes
- ↑ [1] List of generals ranks of the Russian imperial army and navy
- “Higher bureaucracy of the Russian Empire. Short dictionary
- ↑ Members of the St. Petersburg English Assembly. Part 1
Literature
- Gershau Alexander Petrovich // List of generals by seniority . Compiled on March 1, 1882. - SPb. : Military Printing House, 1882. - p. 308.
- Gershau Alexander Petrovich // Biographical Dictionary // Higher ranks of the Russian Empire (22.10.1721-2.03.1917). - Moscow: [status. E.L. Potyomkin] printing house, 2017. - V. 1. - 375 p.
- Volkov S. V. The Generality of the Russian Empire: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Generals and Admirals from Peter I to Nicholas II: in 2 volumes. - M .: Tsentrpoligraf , 2009. - V. 1 : A — K. - p. 690. - ISBN 978-5-227-02054-3 .
- Ponomarev, V.P., Shabanov, V.M. Kavalera of the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, 1725–1917: a bio-bibliographic dictionary in three volumes. Volume 1. - M., 2009 - p. 315-316. - ISBN 978-5-89577-145-7
- Ismailov E. E. Golden weapons with the inscription "For courage." Lists of cavaliers 1788-1913. - M., 2007. - p. 256, 504. - ISBN 978-5-903473-05-2 .