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Unit
  
Infantry

Name
  
Pyotr Kotlyarevsky


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Born
  
23 June 1782village of Olkhovatka, Kupyansk County, Kharkov province (nowadays part of Ukraine) (
1782-06-23
)

Allegiance
  
Commands held
  
17th Jager RegimentGeorgian 14th Grenadier Regiment

Battles/wars
  
Persian Expedition of 1796Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)Battle of SultanabadBattle of AslanduzStorming of Lankaran

Died
  
November 2, 1852, Feodosia, Ukraine

Battles and wars
  
Persian Expedition of 1796

Similar People
  
Pavel Tsitsianov, Abbas Mirza, Fath‑Ali Shah Qajar, Alexander I of Russia, Ivan Gudovich

Service/branch
  

Pyotr Stepanovich Kotlyarevsky (June 23, 1782 – November 2, 1852) was a Russian military hero of the early 19th century.

Biography

He was born in the village of Olkhovatka near Kharkiv into a cleric's family. Kotlyarevsky was brought up in an infantry regiment quartered near Mozdok. He was promoted officer for his exploits during Count Zubov's Persian Campaign in 1796.

His leadership and boldness made him a national celebrity during the Russo-Turkish War (1806–12)#Caucasus Front and the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813). In 1810 he took hold of Meghri Citadel, withstood a siege by the Persian army and then routed them on the Araks River. In 1812, he defeated Abbas Mirza in the Battle of Aslanduz and stormed Lankaran with as little as around 2,500 soldiers. Thereupon the Persians sued for peace, and Kotlyarevsky was promoted General of Infantry (a rank equal to that of Full General in other armies). Suffering from wounds, he had to retire from active service and spent the rest of his life in Feodosiya, where he eventually died as well.

A local artist, Ivan Aivazovsky, devised Kotlyarevsky's mausoleum, while Prince Vorontsov ordered his statue to be erected in Ganja.

References

Pyotr Kotlyarevsky Wikipedia


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