Jakow Ivanovich Danilewski

Jakow Iwanowitsch Danilewski ( Russian Яков Иванович Данилевский , * 1789 ; † August 2, 1855 ) was a Russian general of the cavalry .

Life

Danilewski came from a Cossack family from Podolia . In 1812 he first studied medicine at Moscow University , but when the Russian campaign began, he left school and entered the military . He took part in the Wars of Liberation with a Livonian hunter battalion on horseback , including the Battle of Leipzig and the capture of Paris . There he was wounded and was being treated in Paris. He was then appointed adjutant to the commandant of the second horse division, Count Palen .

In 1829 he was appointed commander of the hussars by Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich Romanov , and in 1839 he advanced to the rank of major general and commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 5th Cavalry Company.

From 1843 to 1851 Danilewski was consul general in Belgrade . He then commanded a cavalry brigade again. From 1853 to 1855 he took part in the Crimean War. After successfully setting up a militia in Orel governorate , he was unanimously elected governor, but died of cholera before he could fill his office.

Danilewski was very fond of science and literature; he himself wrote comedies that have been preserved as handwriting.

Awards

• Order of Saint Anna 4th class (1813) for bravery in Leipzig ; Order of St. Anna 3rd class; Order of St. Anna 2nd class with imperial crown (1829); Order of St. Anna 1st class
• Order of St. Vladimir 4th grade with bow and two silver medals; Order of St. Vladimir 3rd Class (1836)
• Polish Cross (1831)
• Order of Saint George 4th Class (1835)
• Order of Saint Stanislaus 1st Class (1842)

family

Danilewski was married to the noble lady Darja Ivanovna Mishina (1800-1855). The marriage produced a son. Nikolai Jakowlewitsch (1822–1885), philosopher, sociologist and author of the book Russia and Europe .

Web links

• Biogram (Russian)
• Biogram (Russian)