Sergey Lazarevich Lashkarev (23 February 1739 — 6 October 1814) (russian: Сергей Лазаревич Лашкарёв, derived from ka, ლაშკარაშვილი ბიბილური, Lashkarashvili-Bibiluri), was a

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Major-General of

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origin. A cunning diplomat and

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, he was described by his contemporaries as one of the "remarkable phenomena of Catherine the Great's century". Lashkarev was reportedly fluent in ten languages. Besides

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and

, he spoke French, Italian, Turkish, Persian, Greek, Armenian, Arabic, and Latin. In 1800, Lashkarev was actively involved in diplomatic exchanges with the

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in connection with the impending Russian annexation of various Georgian kingdoms and principalities, and remained in charge of Georgian affairs at the Imperial court under

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Personal life

Lashkarev was the son of a Georgian nobleman Lazare Grigoris dze Lashkarashvili-Bibiluri (later known as Lashkarev-Bibilurov) who moved to Russia from Georgia as part of a royal entourage accompanying the exiled Georgian monarch

Vakhtang VI Vakhtang VI ( ka, ვახტანგ VI), also known as Vakhtang the Scholar, Vakhtang the Lawgiver and Ḥosaynqolī Khan ( fa, حسین‌قلی خان, translit=Hoseyn-Qoli Xān) (September 15, 1675 – March 26, 1737), was a Georgian ...

.Rummel, V.V. ''Лашкаревы - Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона : в 86 т. (82 т. и 4 доп.).'' — СПб., 1890—1907. Lashkarev had four children: * Pavel Sergeevich Lashkarev (1776—1857) — Major-General, hero of the

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* Aleksandr Sergeevich Lashkarev (1779—1849) — General-Lieutenant, recipient of the

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* Sergey Sergeevich Lashkarev (1783—1858) — Privy Councillor of the Russian Empire, Diplomat * Grigory Sergeevich Lashkarev (1788—1849) — General-Lieutenant, Governor of Volhynian Governorate, as well as that of

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and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lashkarev, Sergey Lazarevich Russian people of Georgian descent 18th-century military personnel from the Russian Empire Nobility of Georgia (country) Generals from Georgia (country) Georgian generals in the Imperial Russian Army Georgian lieutenant generals (Imperial Russia) 1739 births 1814 deaths Privy Councillor (Russian Empire)

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