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Mar 24, 1772 Died on 20 Mar 1835 (aged 62)

Russian Lieutenant General

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About Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev

  • Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev (Russian: ????? ?????????? ????????) (10 September 1773 – 20 March 1835) was a Russian infantry Lieutenant General during the reigns of tsars Paul I and Alexander I.
  • In 1805 he commanded a brigade at Austerlitz and in 1807 he was wounded at Eylau and Heilsberg.
  • In 1812 he commanded the 17th Division at Borodino and Vyazma.
  • After being promoted to head the 9th Infantry Corps, he fought at the Katzbach and Leipzig in 1813 and at Brienne and La Rothière in 1814.
  • On 10 February 1814, he commanded a 5,000-man Russian infantry corps during the Battle of Champaubert in an attempt to stop a 30,000-man army under Napoleon.
  • His small corps was effectively destroyed and he became a French prisoner of war.

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