Grigory Grigoryevich Engelhardt (; 1759–1834) was a Russian general during the

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Early career

Engelhardt was born into the

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nobility. On May 6, 1776, he was enrolled in the Izmailovsky Life Guards Regiment as a

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. On December 3, 1779, he transferred to the Nevsky Musketeer Regiment as a lieutenant. Engelhardt fought in the Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790 as a captain in the Ryazan Musketeer Regiment. He was wounded in the chest and right thigh at Fredrikshamn, and for his distinguished service was promoted to major. He was made a colonel on October 26, 1798, and a major general on February 5, 1800. On March 15 of that same year he was given the command of the Staroingermanlandskogo Musketeer Regiment.

Campaigns against the French and Turks

Engelhardt participatated in the Austrian campaign and was wounded by shrapnel at Austerlitz. In the 1808-1807 campaign in Prussia and Poland, he was wounded by a bullet in his right leg at Eylau, and at Friedland was badly wounded by shrapnel in his left thigh, left side, and left arm. He was awarded the

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, third and fourth class, for his distinguished service. In 1808 he was transferred to the

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region, where he fought the Turks in 1809 through 1811.

1812 and after

In the 1812 campaign, he commanded the 2nd Brigade of the 8th Infantry Division and fought against the Austrians and Poles in

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and in the pursuit of the retreating enemy from

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. He then fought the French at Garnastaevichy,

, and Kamenetz-Zhuravskii. In

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, he participated in the capture of

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and of Warsaw and fought at Lutzen and

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, where a severe bullet wound in the left thigh caused heavy bleeding which forced him out of the action. In

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, Engelhardt participated in the second campaign in France as commander of a brigade in the 8th Infantry Division, and then briefly commanded the 3rd Brigade of the 23rd Infantry Division. Due to his wounds, he retired from the service on February 28, 1816.

Honours and awards

* Order of St. Anne, 1st class with diamonds *

, 3rd class *

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, 2nd class * Cross of Eylau *

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(Prussia) *

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with diamonds

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Engelhardt, Grigory 1759 births 1834 deaths Imperial Russian major generals Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Third Degree Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery

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Ethnic German people from the Russian Empire