Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky

Russian Field Marshal

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1776

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 27-Aug-1852

Profession: military personnel, politician

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky

  • Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky Russian: ???? ????´?????? ?????´?????, tr.
  • PĂ«tr Michájlovic VolkĂłnskij; 6 May [O.S.
  • 25 April] 1776 – 8 September [O.S.
  • 27 August] 1852) was an Imperial Russian military commander, General-Field Marshal (1843), Adjutant General to Alexander I, member of the State Council (1821). Pyotr Volkonsky was born in St.
  • Petersburg in 1776.
  • Volkonsky participated in the plot to remove Paul I from the throne and became one of the closest advisors to Alexander I.
  • He commanded the Russian troops in the Battle of Austerlitz. He was Chief of Staff of the Acting Army from December 1812 and Chief of General Staff (1815-1823).
  • Resigned after a conflict with the War Minister Count Aleksey Arakcheyev. He was an Ambassador to the coronation of Charles X of France in 1824.
  • Afterwards, he was Minister of Imperial Court and Properties between 1826 and 1852.

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