Valerian Johann von Engelhardt () (1798–1856) was a Russian lieutenant general and director of the Russian Institute of Railway Engineers.

Family

Engelhardt was born into the nobility of

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as a member of the

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on December 24, 1798, the son of Colonel F. H. Engelhardt. His brother

Nikolai Engelhardt Nikolai Fyodorovich Engelhardt () (24 December 1799 – 27 February 1856) was a Russian lieutenant general who helped to suppress the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Family Engelhardt was born into the nobility of Livonia as a member of the Engelh ...

also became a lieutenant general and member of the

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Army career

In 1815, he entered military service as a

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in the Life Guards Regiment of Chasseurs. He was promoted to

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in 1819. In 1830, Engelhardt was assigned to the Tenginsky 77th Infantry Regiment, and soon distinguished himself in the campaign in the

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, for which he was promoted to captain. In 1832 he was promoted to colonel and transferred to the Volinsky Life Guards Regiment. In 1831 Engelhardt was promoted to major general and appointed to the 3rd Grenadier Division. In 1842 he was made a commander for special assignments in the independent

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under General Neidgardt.

Director of the Institute of Railway Engineers

In 1843, Engelhardt was appointed director of the Institute of Railway Engineers. On December 4 of the same year, he was awarded the

, fourth class, for his 25 years of irreproachable service as an officer. In 1852 he received the rank of

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and was appointed to a senior post in the Corps of Civil Engineers. Engelhardt died on May 20, 1856, in

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and is buried in the Volkov Lutheran cemetery.

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