Hans Karl von Diebitsch

Russian military officer
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Also known as: Hans Karl Friedrich Anton, Graf Diebitsch, Ivan Ivanovich Dibich-Zabalkansky
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German in full:
Hans Karl Friedrich Anton, Graf Diebitsch
Russian in full:
Ivan Ivanovich Dibich-Zabalkansky
Born:
May 13, 1785, Grossleipe, Silesia, Prussia
Died:
June 10, 1831, Kleczewo, near Pułtusk, Poland (aged 46)

Hans Karl von Diebitsch (born May 13, 1785, Grossleipe, Silesia, Prussia—died June 10, 1831, Kleczewo, near Pułtusk, Poland) was a military officer whose Balkan campaigns determined the Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29. Although he was of German parentage and was educated at the Berlin cadet school, Diebitsch joined the Russian Army in 1801, and, after fighting against Napoleon in the battles of Austerlitz, Eylau, Friedland, and Smolensk, he acquired the rank of major general. He continued to serve in various military and diplomatic capacities as the Russians continued the war in western Europe (1812–14). In 1815 he ...(100 of 307 words)