Stephan Grabowski

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Stephan Grabowski (born June 24, 1767 in Ostaszyn near Nawahrudak (in today's Belarus ); † June 4, 1847 in Warsaw ) was a Polish general and statesman .

Life

Stephan Grabowski came early as an officer in the Polish army and quickly advanced to become a colonel in an infantry regiment. As its commander, he fought with distinction against the Russians in 1792 and 1794. He was captured and taken to Siberia , but was freed after the death of Empress Catherine II (1796).

In 1812 Grabowski entered the service of the Duchy of Warsaw, established by Napoleon , as brigadier general . He dealt with the organization of the Lithuanian troops and took part on the French side in the Russian campaign of 1812 . When the French withdrew from Russia in 1813 he marched with Poniatowski via Krakow through Austria and Saxony and was wounded and captured in the Battle of Leipzig .

After the peace treaty, Grabowski entered the Russian service as a State Councilor and General Director in the Polish Ministry of War and became an interim State Secretary in 1822 and a real Secretary of State for the Congress of Poland in Saint Petersburg in 1825 . During the uprising in this city in 1826, he performed an important service to Emperor Nicholas I through his advice to show himself personally and to take energetic measures. As a reward, he was promoted to division general. Although he was deceived in his hope of gaining advantages for his unhappy fatherland through his influence, he remained loyal to the Russian emperor during the Polish uprising of 1830/31 and tried in vain to mediate in Petersburg. This made him unpopular and was finally replaced in 1840 by the Russian State Council Turkul in his office. He died in Warsaw in 1847 after a brief illness at the age of just under 80.

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SURNAME Grabowski, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish general and statesman
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostaszyn near Nawahrudak
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1847
Place of death Warsaw