Ivan Nikitich Inzov (; 1768–1845) was a Russian
General of the Infantry and a commander in the
Patriotic War of 1812
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign (), the Second Polish War, and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 (), was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with the continent ...
.
Chişinău owes to him some of its finest buildings, including the
Nativity Cathedral.
Inzov's obscure origin and booming career, in combination with his physical likeness to
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, led some of his contemporaries to suspect that his father was Emperor
Paul I of Russia
Paul I (; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination in 1801.
Paul remained overshadowed by his mother, Catherine the Great, for most of his life. He adopted the Pauline Laws, laws of succession to the Russian throne—rules ...
(who was only 14 years his senior). In the early 1820s,
Alexander Pushkin
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was one of his subordinates at Chişinău (then Kishinev). In the words of
Henri Troyat, Inzov "looked upon Pushkin as a being set apart, who must be handled carefully".
[H. Troyat. ''Pushkin: A Biography'' (1950). P. 149.] He was buried in a purpose-built
mausoleum
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in
Bolhrad, a city he had founded.
He also served as a temporary Governor General of
Novorossiia for nearly a year, from July 1822 to May 23, 1823, between Governors General
Alexandre Langeron and
Mikhail Vorontsov.
See also
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List of Russian commanders in the Patriotic War of 1812
Notes
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Novorossiia leaders and Odessa mayors
Politicians from the Russian Empire
Knights of Malta
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1768 births
1845 deaths
Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Third Degree
Governors-general of Novorossiya
Viceroys in Moldova
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