Alexander Friedrich von Lieven, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAlexander Friedrich von Lieven
Russian general and politician
Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1801
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Date of Death: 17-Feb-1880
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Alexander Friedrich von Lieven
- Alexander Friedrich Fürst von Lieven (Russian: ????????? ???????? ?????, Alexander Karlovich Liven; 1801–1880) was a Baltic German infantry-general and senator. Alexander von Lieven was born on January 14, 1801, into an ancient noble family of Lieven.
- He received a good education at home and in 1818 enrolled into the Life Guards Grenadeer regiment and in 1820 was promoted to the rank of lieutenant (Russian: ???????).
- Four years later, in 1824, Lieven was transferred into the Moscow regiment and was promoted to the rank of aide-de-camp to the Emperor Nicholas I of Russia.
- During the campaign of the Russo-Turkish War, 1828–1829, Alexander Lieven participated in the siege of Varna.
- In 1831, during the November Uprising, his regiment was sent to subdue the rebels in the Congress Poland, and took part in the siege of Warsaw and Modlin Fortress.
- In 1832, after the war was over he was promoted to the rank of colonel and transferred into the Leib Guards of Preobrazhensky regiment.
- In 1838, he was made aide-de-camp to the commander of the 5th Infantry Corps, Lieutenant-General Anders, in 1842 Lieven was promoted to the rank of mayor-general and received the position of the second commander of Sevastopol.
- In 1844–1853 Lieven was Governor of Taganrog.
- In 1853, Lieven was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general and was made senator.
- In 1857 he was appointed Chairman of the Inspection Committee (Russian: ??????????? ???????) in Moscow.
- In 1861 he was appointed full member of the Imperial Philanthropic Society (Russian: ????????????? ??????????????? ????????) and president of its Moscow-based committee.
- Lieven was promoted to the rank of the infantry general in 1875, keeping his senator's title.
- He died on February 17, 1880.
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