Gustav Ernst von Strandmann

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Gustav Ernst von Strandmann

Gustav Ernst of beach Man ( Russian Густав Густавович Штрандман ; November 21 jul. / 2. December  1742 greg. In Sermus , † January 18 jul. / 30th January  1803 greg. On Castle Leal ) was a Russian general of infantry , participants of the Caucasus War and Governor General of Siberia .

Life

family

Strandmann was a member of a German-Baltic family that has been documented in Riga since the 17th century , was raised to the imperial nobility in 1740 and received the Livonian indigenous population in 1750 and the Estonian indigenous population in 1827 . His parents were the Russian captain and heir to Kroppenhof , Zirsten and Teutschenbergen, Gustav von Strandmann (* 1704; † 1778) and Christine Eleonore von Hirschheydt (* 1716; † 1783). Strandmann was married twice and had seven children:

∞I Reval June 5, 1774 Freiin Natalie Louise von Uexküll-Güldenband , (* 1753; † 1776)
  • Christina Luisa Charlotta von Strandmann (* 1776; † 1836) ∞ Otto Gustav von Brümmer (* 1764), Russian colonel and real councilor of state
∞II Sutlem October 10, 1784 Freiin Katharina Charlotte von Stackelberg adH Riesenberg (* 1767; † 1842)
  • Wilhelmine Charlotte von Strandmann (* 1785; † 1813) ∞ Baron Peter Ludwig Konstantin von Ungern-Sternberg (* 1779; † 1836), large landowner
  • Karl Gustav von Strandmann (* 1787; † 1855), Russian general of the cavalry ∞ Luzie Stoschinski
  • Charlotte Anna von Strandmann (* 1790; † 1866) ∞ Formhold Bernhard von Helffreich († 1871)
  • Gustav Magnus von Strandmann (* 1794; † 1813), Russian lieutenant
  • Karoline Olga von Strandmann (* 1796; † 1861) ∞ Count Karl Wilhelm von Toll (* 1777; † 1842), Russian infantry general and member of the Russian State Council
  • Nikolai Otto von Strandmann (* 1797; † 1818), Russian guard ensign

career

In 1757 Strandmann entered service with the Land Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg . In 1762 he was promoted to captain and from 1763 to 1765 he belonged to the Russian contingent in Poland to secure Poniatowski's election . 1769 he was promoted to Major Seconde and already in 1770 he held the rank of Major in the Premier Infantry Regiment in Voronež where he for his personal use in Bender the 4th St. George Medal class was given. His promotion to lieutenant colonel took place in 1771. Seven years later he was raised to the rank of colonel and was used as the commander of the infantry regiment in Tomsk . His war diaries are considered to be of military historical importance. In 1780 he became the commander of the Siberian infantry regiment, and in 1787 he was promoted to major general and commander of the Siberian division and the troops on the Chinese border. From 1789 to 1798, Strandmann was in command of the Siberian Corps associated with the post of Governor General for Siberia. In this function he made a major contribution to the development, opening up and expansion of Siberia. As early as 1793 he was promoted to lieutenant general and finally also in 1798 to general of the infantry. 1798 was beach man on behalf of the Emperor Paul I , the fortifications of Kuznetsk taking into account the latest achievements of European attachment theory built. Even today there is a monument with his bust and a plaque reminding of the erection.

He was the hereditary lord of his father's estates Zirsten and Teutschenbergen in Livonia as well as Kiwidepäh , Hallick , Hackhof and Leal Castle in Estonia, where he ended his old age.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (Berb.): Genealogical manual of the Estonian knighthood , vol. 1, Görlitz, 1931, p. 507.
  2. ↑ GHdA B XXIV (2002), p. 454.
  3. ↑ Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods (New Series) , Hamburg 2012, Vol. 2, p. 145.
  4. ^ Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (Berb.): Genealogical manual of the Estonian knighthood , Vol. 1, Görlitz, 1931, pp. 456–457.
  5. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Strandmann-Karl-Gustav-v.-1787-1855. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  6. ^ Genealogical handbook of the Baltic knighthoods. Görlitz 1930, p. 434.
personal data
SURNAME Strandmann, Gustav Ernst from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Штрандман, Густав Густавович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian general and governor
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1742
PLACE OF BIRTH Sermus
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1803
Place of death Leal Castle