Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky
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Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky Russian: Пётр Миха́йлович Волко́нский, tr. Pëtr Michájlovič Volkónskij; 6 May [O.S. 25 April] 1776 – 8 September [O.S. 27 August] 1852) was an Imperial Russian military commander, General-Field Marshal (1843), Adjutant General to Alexander I, member of the State Council (1821).
Biography[]
Pyotr Volkonsky was born in St. Petersburg in 1776. Volkonsky participated in the plot to remove Paul I from the throne and became one of the closest advisors to Alexander I. He commanded the Russian troops in the Battle of Austerlitz.
He was Chief of Staff of the Acting Army from December 1812 and Chief of General Staff (1815-1823). Resigned after a conflict with the War Minister Count Aleksey Arakcheyev.
He was an Ambassador to the coronation of Charles X of France in 1824. Afterwards, he was Minister of Imperial Court and Properties between 1826 and 1852.
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- S. Yu. Rychkov-Map depot and quantermaster unit on the eve of Patriotic war of 1812.The Journal of Military History (Voyenno-Istoricheskiy Zhurnal). April 2006,№ 4, p. 35-40[permanent dead link]
- Almagro (1843) notice sur le familles principales de la Russie
- 1776 births
- 1852 deaths
- Volkonsky family
- Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
- Field marshals of Russia
- Members of the State Council (Russian Empire)
- People from Saint Petersburg
- Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Third Degree
- Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- Russian military personnel stubs