Yegor Tolstoy

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Yegor Tolstoy

Count Yegor Petrovich Tolstoy (1802-1874), was a Russian lieutenant-general, senator, governor of Taganrog

Taganrog

Taganrog is a port types of inhabited localities in Russia in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the north shore of Taganrog Bay , a few miles west ot the mouth of the Don River ....
, Kaluga

Kaluga

Kaluga is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in western Russia, located on the Oka River 188 km southwest of Moscow. It is the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast....
and Penza

Penza

Penza is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Penza Oblast in the Volga Federal District. It stands on the Sura River, 625 km south-east of Moscow....
.

of Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy

Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy

Count Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy was a Russian general and statesman.Pyotr Tolstoy came from the Oryol branch of the Tolstoy family, his father Alexander Tolstoy was a grandson of Count Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy....
, Yegor Tolstoy was born on July 9, 1802 (Old Style) in the Tolstoy

Tolstoy

Tolstoy, or Tolstoi is a prominent family of Russian nobility, descending from one Andrey Kharitonovich Tolstoy who served under Vasili II of Russia....
family. He received home education and in 1819 enrolled to serve in the Uglitsk regiment. In 1821, he was transferred into the regiment of chasseurs of the Leib Guards

Russian Imperial Guard

Leib Guard were military units serving as personal Russian Guards of the Emperor of Russia. Peter I of Russia founded the first such units following the Prussian practice in the 1690s, to replace the politically-motivated Streltsy....
. Tolstoy was aide-de-camp to general Alexander von Neidgart, and was stationed in Laibach (Ljubljana

Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital city of Slovenia and its largest town. It is located in the center of the country and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants....
) during the Congress

Congress of Laibach

The Congress of Laibach was a conference of the allied sovereigns or their representatives, held in 1821 as part of the so-called Concert of Europe, which was the decided attempt of the Great Powers to settle international problems after the Napoleonic Wars through discussion and collective weight rather than on the battlefield....
, where he was appointed head of the Russian headquarters of the detachment against Piedmont.

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Count Yegor Petrovich Tolstoy (1802-1874), was a Russian lieutenant-general, senator, governor of Taganrog

Taganrog

Taganrog is a port types of inhabited localities in Russia in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the north shore of Taganrog Bay , a few miles west ot the mouth of the Don River ....
, Kaluga

Kaluga

Kaluga is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in western Russia, located on the Oka River 188 km southwest of Moscow. It is the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast....
and Penza

Penza

Military career

Son of Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy

Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy

Tolstoy

Russian Imperial Guard

Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital city of Slovenia and its largest town. It is located in the center of the country and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants....
) during the Congress

Congress of Laibach

Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828

The Russo-Persian War of 1826-1828 was the last major military conflict between the Russian Empire and the Qajar dynasty.After the Treaty of Gulistan concluded the previous Russo-Persian War in 1813, peace reigned in the Caucasus for thirteen years....
, serving as aide de camp to Mayor-General Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov. On April 21, 1827 Tolstoy was appointed aide de camp to the Emperor Nicholas I of Russia

Nicholas I of Russia

Nicholas I , , was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the List of Russian rulers. On the eve of his death, the Russian Empire reached its historical zenith spanning over 20 million square kilometres....
. During the campaign of Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829

Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829

The Russo?Turkish War of 1828?1829 was sparked by the Greek War of Independence. The war broke out after the Sultan, incensed by the Russian participation in the Battle of Navarino, closed the Dardanelles for Russian ships and revoked the Akkerman Convention....
, he was awarded with an Order of St. George

Order of St. George

The Military Order of the Saint Grand Martyr and the Triumphant George is an Imperial Russian and current Russian order of chivalry, originally established in 1769 by Catherine the Great, and revived in 1994 by the Russian Federation....
of the 4th degree and the rank of colonel for the action in the siege of Anapa

Anapa

Anapa originally is a seaport for the Natkhuay tribe Adyghe people , and now a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the northern coast of the Black Sea near the Sea of Azov....
. He was awarded with a golden sword for the restoration of the communication between the main army and the corps of general Loggin Rot in July of the same year; and was wounded in the head during the Siege of Varna

Siege of Varna

Siege of Varna was a war episode during the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829.Varna was held by the Ottoman Empire army. The approach to Varna by Russian forces was first attempted on June 28, but the Russian avantgardes were met by significant Turkish forces, and the siege was postponed....
. In 1831, Yegor Tolstoy participated in the military actions against Polish rebels during November Uprising and was awarded with an Order of St. Vladimir

Order of St. Vladimir

The Cross of Saint Vladimir was an Imperial Russia Russian Order established in 1782 by Empress Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev, the Grand Prince and the Baptizer of the Kievan Rus....
of the 3rd degree for the seizure of Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
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Government Work

In 1835 Count Tolstoy received an appointment at the Ministry of Interior and gave his resignation in 1840. In April 1851, he was appointed governor of Kaluga

Kaluga

Kaluga is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in western Russia, located on the Oka River 188 km southwest of Moscow. It is the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast....
, and on April 27, 1854 - governor-general of the city of Taganrog

Taganrog

Taganrog is a port types of inhabited localities in Russia in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the north shore of Taganrog Bay , a few miles west ot the mouth of the Don River ....
. Tolstoy held this office until September 1856 and participated in the defense of the city from bombardments and landing operations during the Siege of Taganrog

Siege of Taganrog

The Siege of Taganrog during the Crimean War was a series of military actions designed to allow the British and the French access to Rostov-on-Don, which was an important city for Russian military operations in the Caucasus....
in 1855. On August 31, 1859 he was appointed governor of Penza

Penza

Order of St. Alexander Nevsky

HistoryThe introduction of the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevsky was planned by Russian Emperor Peter I of Russia and was established in Russia by Catherine I of Russia on May 21, 1725 in memory of the deeds of Saint Alexander Nevsky in defending Russia against foreign invaders....
for the 50 years of service. Count Yegor Tolstoy died on March 12, 1874.

Yegor Tolstoy

Military career

Government Work

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