Otto Pfeilizer-Frank

Baron Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Pfeilitzer gen. Franck, sometimes referred to as Otto Romanovich Franck or Otto Romanovich Pfeilitzer-Franck (Russian: Пфейлицер-Франк, Отто Романович, February 29, 1788 – March 9, 1844) was a Russian statesman, the 6th governor of Taganrog.

Biography

Otto von Pfeilitzer-Franck was christened on February 29, 1788 (

regiment (8-й Егерский полк), but later in December transferred into the Akhtyrka hussar regiment (Ахтырский гусарский полк).

Napoleonic wars

Otto's regiment participated in the

.

Further military career

August 1, 1816 von Pfeilitzer-Franck was assigned to a dragoon regiment in Tver, and in December 1817 to Leib Guards of the dragoon regiment and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. July 21, 1822 he was appointed aide-de-camps to Governor-General of Novorossiysk, Count Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, and assigned as Rittmeister to Leib Guards of uhlan regiment; July 14, 1823 was promoted to the rank of colonel by Count Vorontsov.

Government work

February 3, 1829 von Pfeilitzer-Franck was made official for important missions (чиновник для особых поручений) by the Governor-General of Novorossiysk and

, fighting the cholera epidemic.

August 12, 1831 Baron Otto von Pfeilitzer-Franck was appointed Governor (civil) of

of 1st degree. He remained at all of these posts until October 20, 1843, when he gave his resignation.

• note: all dates mentioned are
  Old Style
  .

See also

• Siege of Taganrog
• Governor of Taganrog

Relatives and friends

Otto's brother, Friedrich Otto Karl von Pfeilitzer-Franck (1786-?) was the councillor and a long-time leader of the nobility in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate (from February 12, 1838 until 1851).

Otto von Pfeilitzer-Franck was acquainted with

Citations and notes

External links and references

• This article includes content derived from the Russian Biographical Dictionary, 1896–1918.
• History of Taganrog by Pavel Filevskiy, Moscow, 1898
• Taganrog Encyclopedia (Taganrog, 2002)

Government offices
Preceded by Alexander Dunaev	Governors of Taganrog 1832–1843	Succeeded by Alexander Lieven