Moisei Sakharovich Argutinsky-Dolgoruki

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Prince Moisei Sakharovich Argutinsky-Dolgoruki

Prince Moisei Sakharovich Argutinski- Dolgoruki ( Russian Моисей Захарович Аргутинский-Долгорукий ; * 1797 in Tbilisi ; † March 4, July 16  / March 16, 1855 greg. Ibid.) Was a Russian general in the Caucasus War, 1817–1864 .

Life

Argutinski-Dolgoruki, grandson of the patriarch and Prince Howsep Arghutjan / Iosif Argutinski-Dolgoruki, attended the Tbilisi court school to prepare for civil service. The governor-general of the Transcaucasian provinces AP Yermolov noticed the talent of the young prince and convinced his father to choose military service for his son. In 1817 Argutinsky-Dolgoruki went to St. Petersburg and joined the bodyguard regiment on horseback . In 1818 he became a cornet .

In 1827 Argutinsky-Dolgoruki returned to the Caucasus as a major and joined the Georgian Grenadier Regiment . He took part in the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) . He distinguished himself in the same year during the siege of Abbas-Abad fortress in the Nakhichevan khanate by General Paskevich in the battle of Dschewan-Bulak and the storm on Yerevan , so that he was promoted to Podpolkownik . In 1828 he became the commander of Yerevan and took part in organizing the settlement of the Persian Armenians in Russia . In 1829 he took part in the Russo-Turkish War and distinguished himself in the fight against the Lasen and the conquest of the Oltu fortress . Now he became the head of Armenia Oblast . In November 1830 he led a battalion against the insurgent Lesgier and defeated them at Aul Sakatala , which was then taken by storm and destroyed. The Lesgier who attacked the Russian fortress of Balaken were finally defeated. Another expedition to the Sakatala area followed in November 1831. In 1932 he became the commander of the Tbilisi Grenadier Regiment. In 1833 he put down a Kurdish uprising.

Prince Argutinski-Dolgoruki crosses the Caucasus ( Franz Roubaud 1892)

In 1837 Argutinsky-Dolgoruki took part in General Rosen's expedition against the Abkhazians . He distinguished himself in the fighting on Cape Eagle and was promoted to Polkownik . In 1838 he defeated Lesgier in the Chatschmas Gorge and attacked Nucha . In 1839 he became administrator of Akhaltsikhe province and headed the plague control commission . In 1840 he became the commander of the 1st Brigade of the Georgian Line Battalion. In 1841 he put down the uprising in Guria . In 1842 he took command of the Samur division with 4 battalions, 4 mountain and 2 garrison guns, as well as Cossacks and militias of the Sultanate of Ilisu am Samur. He defeated Imam Shamil in the Kumuch Khanate . In 1843 he became major general and in 1844 commander of the troops in Cuba and Derbent . In 1845 he fought with his samur division on the Karakoisu . In the battles against Imam Shamil, he distinguished himself and was promoted to lieutenant general. In 1847 he became the military governor of Derbent and captured the Aul Salta in Dagestan . In 1848 he took Gergebil and defeated Imam Shamil at Aul Akhty , whereupon he was appointed adjutant general. In 1849 he besieged the Aul Tschoch . In 1850 he destroyed the Aule Artschib and Schalib. In 1851 he struck back Haji Murat in Dagestan. In 1853 there were further battles against Imam Shamil, where he and his troops crossed the main ridge of the Caucasus. Contemporaries compared this to Suvorov's crossing of the Alps .

Argutinsky-Dolgoruki was buried in the Sanahin Monastery cemetery. In 1877 a monument was erected to him in Temir-Chan-Shura , which was demolished in 1921.

Honors

Web links

Commons : Argutinski-Dolgoruki family  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Берзин Н .: Краткий очерк служебной деятельности путь генерал-адъютанта, генерал-лейтенанта князя Моисея Захаровича Аргутинского-Долгорукого . In: Кавказский календарь . 1855, p. 566 .
  2. ^ Report from Colonel Lazarew to Count Paskewitsch Erivanski . In: The Portfolio: A Collection of State Papers and other Documents and Correspondence, Historical, Diplomatic, and Commercial . tape 4 , 1836, pp. 383 .
  3. ^ Carl Friedrich Neumann : History of the resettlement of forty thousand Armenians who emigrated to Russia from the Persian province of Azerbaijan in 1828 . Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1834, p. 47 .
  4. ^ Russia and Poland . In: Leipziger Zeitung . No. 235 , 1846, pp. 6022 .
  5. ↑ Russia . In: Oesterreichischer Beobachter . No. 182 , 1846, pp. 1170 .
personal data
SURNAME Argutinsky-Dolgoruki, Moisei Sakharovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Аргутинский-Долгорукий, Моисей Захарович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian general in the Caucasus War (1817–1864)
DATE OF BIRTH 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH Tbilisi
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1855
Place of death Tbilisi