Jacob Yakovlevich de Witte (Jacob Peter Eduard de Witte van Haemstede, Netherlands. Jacob Peter Eduard de Witte van Haemstede ; 1739-1809) - Russian military engineer, general engineer (1799 [1] ).
| Yakov Yakovlevich de Witte | ||||
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| Date of Birth | November 15, 1739 | |||
| Place of Birth | Herzogenbusch, Holland | |||
| Date of death | May 24, 1809 (69 years old) | |||
| Place of death | St. Petersburg | |||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | |||
| Type of army | engineering troops | |||
| Rank | General Engineer | |||
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Biography
In the Russian service since 1783, after 20 years of service in the Dutch army, he was promoted to major engineer of the Russian Imperial Army . In 1787 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel . In 1790 he was promoted to colonel engineer . In 1794 he was promoted to major general . In 1798 he was promoted to lieutenant general . In 1799 he was promoted to general engineer . Since 1800, a member of the Department of Water Communications and the Road Expedition Expedition, supervised the construction of all roads in the Russian Empire [2] .
He died in 1809 in St. Petersburg , was buried in the Smolensk Lutheran cemetery [3] .
He was awarded all orders up to the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky with diamond signs granted to him on May 27, 1808 [4]
Family
Children:
- Pavel (1796-1864) - general from infantry
- Peter (1782-1856) - major general
- Edward (1772-1854) - Major General
Notes
- ↑ List of general ranks of the Russian imperial army and navy
- ↑ Military Encyclopedic Lexicon / comp. L.I. Zeddeler . - SPb. : Headquarters of the Higher Educational Institution of Higher Education , 1853 - T. 4. - P. 642.
- ↑ GENEALOGY OF SUBSIDIARY Nobles DE-WITTE (DeWitt) - de WITTE (DeWitt)
- ↑ Ponomarev V.P., Shabanov V.M. Cavaliers of the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, 1725-1917: bio-bibliographic dictionary in three volumes. Volume 1. - M., 2009 - S. 315-316. - ISBN 978-5-89577-145-7 .
Literature
- Witte Yakov Yakovlevich de // The highest ranks of the Russian Empire (10.22.1721 - 03.03.1917) / comp. E. L. Potemkin. - M .: B. and., 2017 .-- T. 1. - S. 291.
- Military encyclopedic lexicon / comp. L.I. Zeddeler . - SPb. : Headquarters of the Higher Educational Institution of Higher Education , 1853 - T. 4. - P. 642.
- Volkov S.V. Generality of the Russian Empire: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Generals and Admirals from Peter I to Nicholas II: in 2 volumes. - M .: Centerpolygraph , 2009. - T. 1 : AK. - S. 690. - ISBN 978-5-227-02054-3 .
- Ponomarev V.P., Shabanov V.M. Cavaliers of the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, 1725-1917: bio-bibliographic dictionary in three volumes. Volume 1. - M., 2009 .-- S. 315-316. - ISBN 978-5-89577-145-7 .