Dmitry Golitsyn: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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[[Image:Dmitriy Vladimirovich Golitsyn.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait by [[George Dawe]]]]

'''Prince Dmitry Vladimirovich Golitsyn''' ({{lang-ru|Князь Дмитрий Владимирович Голицын|[[Knyaz]] Dmitriy Vladimirovič Golit͡syn}}; 29 October 1771{{snd}}27 March 1844, [[Paris]]) was an Imperial Russian [[cavalry]] [[general]] prominent during the [[Napoleonic Wars]], statesman and military writer.

==Biography==

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Golitsyn fought bravely during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. In 1805, during the War of the [[Third Coalition]], his regiment started the campaign in the corps of Count [[Levin August, Count von Bennigsen|Bennigsen]] in [[Silesia]]. In December 1806 he led the 4th division at the [[Battle of Golymin]]. This victory and success of Bennigsen at the [[Battle of Pułtusk]] stopped the French forces. After that, Golitsyn commanded the cavalry of the left wing. His forces took part in all major actions – at [[Battle of Eylau|Eylau]], [[Battle of Heilsberg|Heilsberg]] and [[Battle of Friedland|Friedland]]. For this campaign he received numerous Russian and foreign awards: the [[Order of St. George]] 3rd class (on 21 January 1807), the [[Order of St. Vladimir]] 2nd class, the [[Prussia]]n [[Order of the Red Eagle]] (on 18 May 1807), the [[Order of the Black Eagle]] (on 25 June 1807), and a gold sword with diamonds with the inscription ''For Bravery.''

After a brief participation in the [[Finnish War]] - proposing—proposing entering Sweden over the frozen [[Bothnian Gulf]] - Golitsyn—Golitsyn resigned his commission on 18 April 1809 and travelled into Germany. He listened to lectures at different universities. Upon returning to Russia, he lived on his [[Bolshiye Vyazyomy|Viaziomy Manor]] near Moscow. Dmitry spoke French most of the time,; his knowledge of the Russian language was limited.

[[File:Borovikovsky Golitsyn family.jpg|thumb|''Golitsyn family'' by [[Vladimir Borovikovsky]] (1810), [[National Museum, Warsaw|National Museum]] in Warsaw]]

On 31 August 1812 ([[New Style]]) he entered military service again?. During the firFire of Moscow he offered 30,000 roubles to conduct him to the Russian army.<ref>With Napoleon's Guard in Russia, The Memoirs of Major Vionnet, 1812, p. 229</ref> [[Kutuzov]] entrusted him with leading the cavalry of the 2nd Western Army and the 1st and 2nd Cuirassier Divisions that were not assigned to any cavalry corps, at which he excelled at [[Battle of Tarutino]], [[Battle of Vyazma|Vyazma]], and [[Battle of Krasnoi|Krasny]]. In 1814 he was promoted to the rank of full [[General of the Cavalry]].

He governed Moscow as military Governor from 1820 and put much effort in rebuilding the city after the [[Fire of Moscow (1812)]]. In 1829 he founded a committee aimed at the protection of prisoners and supported [[Friedrich Joseph Haass]].

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