Alexander Drenteln

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Alexander Romanovich Drenteln (Александр Романович Дрентельн) (1820-1888) was a Russian general.

He held the rank of General of the Infantry, and held the positions of:

Adjutant General of the H. I. M. Retinue,

Chief of Gendarmes,

and the last Executive Head of the Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Chancellery (1878-1880).

On March 25, 1879, he was the target of a failed assassination attempt by Russian nihilists.

Awards

Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1863

Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1868

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