Count Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erevansky, Serene Prince of Warsaw (‹See Tfd›Russian: Иван Фёдорович Паскевич-Эриванский, светлейший князь Варшавский, romanized: Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivanskiy, svetleyshiy knyaz' Varshavskiy; 19 May [O.S. 8 May] 1782 – 1 February [O.S. 20 January] 1856) was a Russian military leader who was the namiestnik of Poland.
Paskevich is known for leading Russian forces in Poland during the November Uprising and for a series of leadership roles throughout the early and mid-19th century, such as the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828, and the beginning phase of the Crimean War. In Russian history, he is remembered as a prominent military commander, rated on a par with Ivan Dibich-Zabalkansky, commander of the Russian armies during the same time.[1][2]
Paskevich started as an officer during the Napoleonic Wars serving in the battles of Austerlitz and Borodino.[3] After the war, he was a leader in the Russo-Persian War. He was made count of Yerevan in 1828. Afterwards, he became the namiestnik of Poland in 1831 after he crushed the Polish rebels in the November Uprising. He then helped crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. His last engagement was the Crimean War. Paskevich died in Warsaw in 1856.
He attained the rank of field marshal in the Russian army, and later in the Prussian and Austrian armies.
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- ^ "Сто великих полководцев – История.РФ" [A hundred great military commanders]. 100.histrf.ru. Russian Military Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
- ^ Bodart 1908, p. 790.
- ^ Krivopalov, Alexey (2022). The Routledge handbook of the Crimean War. Candan Badem. Taylor & Francis. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-0-429-56096-5. OCLC 1262674321.