Ivan Paskevich

Serene Prince Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich Erevansky
Portrait by George Dawe
Native name	Иванъ Ѳедоровичъ Паскевичъ[a]
Born	(1782-05-19)19 May 1782 Poltava, Russian Empire
Died	1 February 1856(1856-02-01) (aged 73) Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1800–1856
Rank	Field Marshal
Battles/wars	Branched list Napoleonic Wars  • Battle of Saltanovka  • Battle of Smolensk (1812)  • Battle of Borodino  • Battle of Maloyaroslavets  • Combat of Kolotskiy Monastery (1812)  • Battle of Vyazma  • Battle of Krasny  • Siege of Modlin (1813)  • Battle of Lützen (1813)  • Battle of Bautzen (1813)  • Battle of Gieshubl (1813)  • Battle of the Nations  • Siege of Magdeburg (1813–1814)  • Siege of Hamburg  • Battle of Laon  • Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube  • Storming of Paris Russo-Turkish War (1806–12)  • Capture of Jassy (1806)  • Capture of Bucharest (1806)  • Battle of Izmail (1809)  • Storming of Brailov (1809)  • Battle of Brailov (1809)  • Battle of Rassevat (1809)  • Battle of Tataritza (1809)  • Storming of Bazardzhik (1810)  • Battle of Varna (1810)  • Battle of Shumla (1810)  • Battle of Rusçuk (1810)  • Battle of Batin Russo-Persian War (1826–28)  • Battle of Elizabethpol  • Capture of Echmiadzin (1827)  • Capture of Erivan  • Battle of the Jevan-Bulak (1827)  • Capture of Ardabil (1828) Russo-Turkish War (1828–29)  • Siege of Kars (1828)  • Battle of Akhaltsikhe  • Battle of Erzerum Road (1829)  • Battle of Milli-Duze (1829)  • Battle of Khart (1829)  • Battle of Bayburt (1829) November Uprising  • Siege of Warsaw Hungarian Campaign  • Third Battle of Komárom (1849)  • Second Battle of Vác (1849)  • Battle of Tura  • Battle of Debrecen (1849) Crimean War  • Siege of Silistra
Awards	Order of St. Andrew Order of St. George Order of St. Vladimir Order of St. Anna Order of St. Alexander Nevsky Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire) Gold Sword for Bravery
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Count Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erevansky, Serene Prince of Warsaw (Russian: Иван Фёдорович Паскевич-Эриванский, светлейший князь Варшавский, tr. Ivan Fëdorovič Paskevič-Èrivanskij, svetlejšij knjaz' Varšavskij; 19 May [O.S. 8 May] 1782 – 1 February [O.S. 20 January] 1856) was an Imperial Russian military leader who was the Namiestnik of Poland. Paskevich is known for leading Russian forces in Poland during the November uprising and for a series of leadership roles throughout the early and mid-19th century, such as the Russo-Persian War (1826–28) and the beginning phase of the Crimean War. In Russian and general history, he is remembered as a prominent military commander, rated on a par with Ivan Dibich-Zabalkansky, commander of the Russian armies of the same time.^[1][2]

Paskevich started as an officer during the Napoleonic wars serving in the battles of Austerlitz and Borodino.^[3] After the war, he was a leader in the Russo-Persian War (1826–28). He was made Count of Yerevan in 1828. Afterward, he became Namiestnik of Poland in 1831 after he crushed the Polish rebels in the November uprising. He then helped crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. His last engagement was the Crimean War. Paskevich died in Warsaw in 1856.

He attained the rank of field marshal in the Russian army, and later in the Prussian and Austrian armies.

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