Adam Rzewuski (, tr. ; 1801 – April 17, 1888) was a Polish-Russian general. He was born in

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in the

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of the

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(present-day

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). He participated in wars in

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and the

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. He died in

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. He was a son of and Justyna née Rdułtowska, his brother was Henryk Rzewuski. He was married three times. In 1829 he married Alexandra Petrovna Lopukhina, daughter of Pyotr Lopukhin. After her death in 1852, he married Anna Dashkov, daughter of Dmitry Dashkov, with whom he had a daughter, Katarzyna. After the death of his second wife, he married in 1860, with whom he had three sons: Stanisław, Adam Witold and Leon. He also had a natural son, Adam.

Awards

Order of Saint Anna The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry. It was established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, on 14 February 1735, in hono ...

, 3rd class, 1828 *

Order of Saint Vladimir The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir () was an Imperial Russian order established on by Empress Catherine the Great, Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev, Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptizer of ...

, 4th class, 1828 *

Gold Sword for Bravery The Gold Sword for Bravery () was a Russian award for bravery. It was set up with two grades on 27 July 1720 by Peter the Great, reclassified as a public order in 1807 and abolished in 1917. From 1913 to 1917 it was renamed the Saint George ...

, 1831 *

, 2nd class, 1831 *

Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov) The Imperial Order of Saint Stanislaus (; ), also spelled Stanislas or Stanislav, is a Russian dynastic order of knighthood founded as '' Order of the Knights of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr'' in 1765 by King Stanisław II Augustus of th ...

, 2nd class, 1835 *

, 3rd class, 1835 *

Order of Saint George The Order of Saint George () is the highest military decoration of the Russian Federation. It was originally established on 26 November 1769 Julian (7 December 1769 Gregorian) as the highest military decoration of the Russian Empire for commiss ...

, 4th degree, 1841 *

, 1st class, 1847 *

, 1st class, 1852 *

, 2nd class, 1859 *

Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire) The Imperial Order of the White Eagle () was an Russian Empire, Imperial Russian Order (honour), Order based on the Order of the White Eagle (Poland), Polish honor. Emperor Nicholas I of Russia established the award in 1831 as the ''Imperial and ...

, 1861 * Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, 1863

References

1801 births 1888 deaths

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