Valerian Madatov
Melik Valerian Grigoryevich Madatov | |
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Russo-Persian War, 1826–1828 | |
| Awards | Order of St. George Pour le Mérite Order of Saint Anna |
Prince Valerian Grigoryevich Madatov (
lieutenant-general of the Russian Empire.[1]
Early life
Madatov was born Rostom Madatyan in 1782 in
St. Petersburg with another senior nobleman to seek support from Catherine the Great
in their efforts to abolish Muslim control of the region.
Military career
In St. Petersburg, young Madatov joined the
Napoleon's invasion of Russia, he commanded a detachment, and successfully served in Kobryn and Barysaŭ, as well as during the capture of Vilnius. In 1812 Madatov received the rank of colonel. The next year he was injured in Leipzig
. Although still not fully recovered from his wound, Madatov was there to march his men across Paris. He would remain in France as one of the commanders of the occupational forces and as the Commander of the Hussar Brigade.
Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov subjugated the Chechens
with Madatov's aid.
In 1826
Araks river
back to Persia. On 28 September of the same year Madatov was made lieutenant general.
He concluded his career fighting the Turks once again on the Danube during the
pulmonary disease, which was sharply aggravated as a result of the burdens of marching during the war. His remains are interred at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d (in Armenian) Sarkisyan, G. «Մադաթով» (Madatov). Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia vol. vii. Yerevan: Armenian SSR, 1981, p. 126.
- ^ (in Russian) Anon. Князь Валериан Григорьевич Мадатов. Black Hussars. Accessed July 28, 2006.
Further reading
- (in Russian) Dubrovin, V. G. Madatov (in Russian world, 1872, No. 297);
- (in Russian) Count V. G. Madatov (in Russkaia starina, 1873, No. 1);
- (in Armenian) The Life of general-lieutenant Madatov, Shushi. (1870).
External links
- (in Russian) Detailed biography
- (in Russian) Dictionary of Russian generals
- Biography at The Honorable House of Melik
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - This article includes content derived from the Russian Biographical Dictionary, 1896–1918.
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