Alexander Ivanovich Baryatinsky
Prince Aleksandr Baryatinsky ( Russian Александр Иванович Барятинский * 2 . Jul / 14. May 1815 greg. In Ivanovskoe, Kursk; † February 25 jul. / 9. March 1879 greg. In Geneva ) was a field marshal of the Russian army who fought in the Caucasus War and the Crimean War.
Life
Alexander Ivanovich Barjatinski was a descendant of the Rurikids , who for a time u. a. ruled in the Chernigov principality . He was brought up with the future Tsar Alexander II .
As a young officer in the Guard Hussar Regiment, Baryatinsky was transferred to the Caucasus because of a love affair with a Grand Duchess . He had military successes and gained not insignificant advantages over Shamil in 1850 and 1851 . Therefore, in 1852, he was promoted to lieutenant general and chief of the left wing of the Caucasus line.
During the Crimean War he was chief of staff of the Caucasian army and took part under General Bebutow in the battle of Kurük-Dere on August 5, 1854, where he contributed much to the victory of the Russians. Appointed to Petersburg after Alexander II's accession to the throne, he accompanied the emperor on his trip to Crimea , where he was convinced of the need to make peace.
In September 1856 Baryatinsky returned as general of infantry and commander of the army in the Caucasus back to its submission complete. After three difficult campaigns, Veden , Shamil's main fortress, was also conquered by General Evdokinov , and Baryatinsky himself stormed the Gunib Castle in September 1859 . Shamil fell into the hands of the victor, with which the subjugation of the mountain peoples was completed.
These successes brought Baryatinsky the rank of field marshal. He was unable to suppress the uprisings that followed because he was seeking healing in a German spa because of a serious illness. In the summer of 1862 he returned to the Caucasus; On the way, however, he fell ill again and since then, after resigning from his post as governor, lived mostly abroad. On February 10, 1863, he was awarded the Order of the Black Eagle , the highest order in the Kingdom of Prussia . In 1872/73 he took part in the work of the commission for the reorganization of the army and general conscription. On the occasion of Emperor Wilhelm I's visit to Saint Petersburg , Baryatinsky was appointed chief of the 2nd Hussar Hussar Regiment No. 14 on May 4, 1873 .
Alexander Ivanovich Baryatinsky died in Geneva in 1879.
literature
- Alfred J. Rieber (Ed.): The Politics of Autocracy. Letters of Alexander II to Prince AI Bariatinskii 1857 - 1864 , with an essay by the editor, Mouton & Co, Paris / The Hague 1966
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 367632837 , p. 242.
Web links
- Article Alexander Ivanovich Baryatinsky in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- Biographies , Chronos (Russian)
- Biography , The Caucasian Knot (Russian)
- VI Fedorschenko: The Imperial House: Important Dignitaries. (Императорский Дом: выдающиеся сановники), Volume 2, Krasnoyarsk 2003, pp. 101-102 , ISBN 5-7867-0046-1 . (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ death notice in Hufvudstadsbladet , Helsinki, March 12, 1879, p 1, column 1 (Swedish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baryatinsky, Alexander Ivanovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Барятинский, Александр Иванович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian field marshal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ivanovskoe, Kursk Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1879 |
| Place of death | Geneva , Switzerland |