Lev Mikhailovich Yashvil
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Russian Empire
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general of Georgian
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
origin (Iashvili
Iashvili (family)
Iashvili was a Georgian noble family known in Imereti from the fifteenth century. In 1724, one of the members of this family followed the Georgian king Vakhtang VI of Kartli in his emigration to the Russian Empire, giving origin to a Russian branch known as Yashvil...
). He was a brother of General Vladimir Yashvil
Vladimir Mikhailovich Yashvil
Prince Vladimir Mikhailovich Yashvil was a Russian general of Georgian noble origin personally involved in the assassination of Paul I of Russia...
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Born to an émigré Georgian noble family, Yashvil graduated from a cadet corps as an artillery officer in 1786 and took part in the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792), Polish campaign
Kosciuszko Uprising
The Kościuszko Uprising was an uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in Poland, Belarus and Lithuania in 1794...
of 1794, and the wars against Napoleonic France (1805, 1806-07). He was promoted to major general
Major General
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in 1808. During Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, he first commanded the 4th artillery brigade and for his conduct at the rearguard actions received the rank of lieutenant-general in July 1812. Following the French retreat from Russia, Yashvil was appointed commander of the Russian artillery, a position he maintained throughout the 1813-14 campaigns. After the war, he served as a commander of artillery within the 1st army from 1819 until his retirement, as a general of artillery, in 1832. Prior to that, he took part in suppressing 1830-31 November Uprising
November Uprising
The November Uprising , Polish–Russian War 1830–31 also known as the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress...
in Poland
Poland
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. He died in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
and was buried at the Vydubychi Monastery
Vydubychi Monastery
Vydubychi Monastery is an historic monastery in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.The monastery was established between 1070 and 1077 by Vsevolod, son of Yaroslav the Wise...
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