A report on Alexander Chernyshyov

Portrait by George Dawe

Russian military leader, diplomat and statesman, whose career began in the Napoleonic Wars.

- Alexander Chernyshyov
Portrait by George Dawe

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Star of the Order

Order of Saint Anna

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Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry.

Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry.

Star of the Order
Order of St. Anna, 1st class
Order of St. Anna, 2nd class (The example shown is "with swords", for bravery in battle, and crown)
Order of St. Anna, 3rd class
Order of St. Anna, 4th class (The insignia with imperial eagle would have been awarded to a non-Christian, for whom a Christian cross was deemed inappropriate)

Alexander Chernyshyov

Ferdinand von Wintzingerode

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German nobleman and officer in several different armies of the Napoleonic Wars, finally ending up as a general in the Imperial Russian Army and fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition against the French invasion of Russia and the subsequent campaigns in Germany and France.

German nobleman and officer in several different armies of the Napoleonic Wars, finally ending up as a general in the Imperial Russian Army and fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition against the French invasion of Russia and the subsequent campaigns in Germany and France.

He was freed by general Alexander Chernyshyov and led the Russian Advance Guard Corps under Kutuzov fighting at the in February 1813.