Aleksander Ostermann-Tolstoy

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Count Aleksander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy Count Aleksander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy

Alexander Ivanovich counts Ostermann-Tolstoy, Russian Александр Иванович Остерман-Толстой, transl. Aleksandr Ivanovič Osterman-Tolstoj (born 1772, died February 12, 1857 in Le Petit-Saconnex, Switzerland) - Russian officer of the Napoleonic Wars, Freemason.

He was the great-grandson of the Russian diplomat Heinrich Johann Friedrich Osterman. Ostermann-Tolstoj fought 1788-1790 with success during the expedition against Turkey under the command of Suworowa. In capturing Ismail in 1790.

In 1798 he was promoted to Brigadier General, and in 1805 to Brigadier General. He participated in many battles against the Napoleonic army, among others. under Prussian Iława in 1807, under Ostrown and under Borodino in 1812 and under Budziszyn in 1813. In the battle of Kulm lost his left arm. Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle of the First Apostle, Order of St. Alexander Nevsky with Diamonds, Order of Saint George II and III, Order of Saint Vladimir 1st Class, Order of St. Anne First Class, Gold Shield "For Diety" with Diamonds, Prussian Order of the Black Eagle , Order of the Pour le Mérite, Cross of the Kulm 1813, the Austrian Grand Cross of the Order of Maria Theresa.

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