Ivan Ivanovich Shamshev (May 4, 1819 – April 21, 1892) was an Imperial Russian

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, adjutant general and division commander. He fought in the

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and against the

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Awards

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 ...

, 3rd class, 1863 *

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 ...

, 1st class, 1865 *

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 ...

, 1st class, 1867 *

, 2nd class, 1871 *

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 ...

, 1878 *

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 ...

, 1879

Sources

* Русский биографический словарь: В 25 т. / под наблюдением А. А. Половцова. 1896–1918. * Список генералам по старшинству. Составлен по 1 сентября 1891 г. — СПб., 1891. — С. 58.
Шамшев И.И. Рассказы старого лейб-казака // Русская старина, 1876. - Т. 17. - № 12. - С. 834-842.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shamshev, Ivan Ivanovich 1819 births 1892 deaths People of the Caucasian War Russian military personnel of the Crimean War Russian military personnel of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Russian people of the January Uprising Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia) Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery