Count Georgi Arsenyevich Emmanuel () (13 April 1775–26 January 1837) was a Russian general of
Serbian
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origin who participated in the
Napoleonic Wars
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He was promoted to major general on 26 December 1812 and after the end of the
battle of Paris to general on 27 March 1814. After returning to Russia, he was put in command of the 4th Dragoon Division. On 25 June 1825, he became the supreme commander and governor of the
Caucasus
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. He was promoted to general of the cavalry in July 1828, during the
Russo-Turkish War (1828-29).
In 1829, he organised and led the first Russian scientific expedition to
Mount Elbrus
Mount Elbrus; ; is the highest mountain in Russia and Europe. It is a dormant stratovolcano rising above sea level, and is the highest volcano in Eurasia, as well as the tenth-most prominent peak in the world. It is situated in the south ...
, for which he was made a member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
See also
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Peter Ivanovich Ivelich
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Andrei Miloradovich
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Avram Ratkov
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Jovan Horvat
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Nikolay Depreradovich
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Rajko Depreradović
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Jovan Šević
Jovan Šević or Ivan Šević ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Шевић, ; died ) was an 18th-century military officer of Serb origin. He reached the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Serb militia forces in the Pomorišje region, then in the Military Fro ...
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Jovan Albanez
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Ivan Adamovich
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Ilya Duka
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Simeon Končarević
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Pavle Julinac
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Simeon Piščević
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Mikhail Miloradovich
Count Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (, , ; – ), spelled Miloradovitch in contemporary English sources, was a Russian general prominent during the Napoleonic Wars. On his father’s side, Miloradovich descended from the Serb noble family ...
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Semyon Zorich
Count Semyon Zorich (1743–1799) was an Imperial Russian lieutenant-general and count of the Holy Roman Empire, born in Serbia, who served Imperial Russia against the Prussians and Turks. A member of the Russian court, he was presented to Empress ...
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Peter Tekeli
Peter Tekeli (; ;''Popović'' is often omitted. ; 1720–1792) was a Russian general-in-chief of Serb origin. He achieved the highest rank among the Serbs who served in the Imperial Russian Army.
Tekeli was born in a noble family of military tr ...
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Marko Ivelich
Count Marko Konstantinovich Ivelić (also spelled Ivelich; 1740–1825) was a Montenegrin born Russian general who rose to prominence in Russian military service during the reign of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and Prince-Bishop Petar I Petrovi� ...
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Nikolay Vuich
References
External links
*http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/Persons/Slovar/sl_ye03.html
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1775 births
1837 deaths
Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
People from the Russian Empire of Serbian descent
Habsburg Serbs
19th-century military personnel from the Russian Empire
People from Vršac
Emigrants from the Habsburg monarchy to the Russian Empire
People of the Caucasian War
Russian military personnel of the Caucasian War