Stepan Stepanovitch Andreyevskiy (Russian : Степан Степанович Андреевский; ,

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– ) was an

Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army () was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state militia. The standing army consisted of Regular army, regular troops and ...

commander of the

Napoleonic Wars {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Napoleonic Wars , partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , image = Napoleonic Wars (revision).jpg , caption = Left to right, top to bottom:Battl ...

, having the rank of Major General.

Life

Born on 9 July 1782 into a noble family, Stepan Andreyevskiy entered the army on 12 July 1799 as an officer cadet in the guards cavalry namely the Life Guard Horse Regiment. In March 1801, promoted to cornet, he fought at Austerlitz. On 9 December 1809 he was promoted to colonel. He distinguished himself at the

battle of Borodino The Battle of Borodino ( ) or Battle of Moscow (), in popular literature also known as the Battle of the Generals, took place on the outskirts of Moscow near the village of Borodino on 7 September 1812 during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. ...

and the

battle of Krasnoi The Battle of Krasnoi (at Krasny or Krasnoe) unfolded from 15 to 18 November 1812 marking a critical episode in Napoleon's arduous retreat from Moscow.Lieven, p. 267. Over the course of six skirmishes the Russian forces under field marshal K ...

. During the German campaign of 1813 he fought at

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and Kulm. For his great bravery in these battles he was promoted to major general on 15 September 1813. He was also awarded several foreign orders for his bravery at the

battle of Leipzig The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony. The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Tsar Alexander I, Karl von Schwarzenberg, and G ...

and the

battle of Fère-Champenoise The Battle of Fère-Champenoise (25 March 1814) was fought between two Imperial French corps led by Marshals Auguste de Marmont and Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise and a larger Coalition force composed of cavalry from the Austrian Empire, ...

. In 1814, after the battle of Paris, he was awarded a golden sword inscribed "For acts of bravery". He retired from the army on 23 September 1814 but returned on 11 March 1819, attached to the Lancer Guards before seven months later being put in command of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Uhlan Division of Her Imperial Majesty Empress Fiodorovna. On 30 April 1821 he was put in command of the Lancer Guards then on 15 January 1827 of the 2nd Brigade of the Guards Light Cavalry Division. Major General Andreyevskiy retired on 14 July 1828.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andreyevskiy, Stepan 1728 births 1843 deaths Nobility from the Russian Empire Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Recipients of the Iron Cross (1813) Recipients of the Military Order of Max Joseph Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery