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General A. Mikhailofsky-Danilefsky
Alexander Ivanovich Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky (1789-1848) was a Russian Lieutenant General, senator, military writer, historian and author of the first official history of the War of 1812, written in...view moreAlexander Ivanovich Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky (1789-1848) was a Russian Lieutenant General, senator, military writer, historian and author of the first official history of the War of 1812, written in four volumes on the instructions of Nicholas I.
Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky fought in the Battle of Borodino and in the Battle of Tarutino where he was critically wounded. He became a member of the Russian delegation at the Congress of Vienna in 1814 where he remained until its end in June 1815. In 1816, he was appointed Aide-de-camp to the Emperor.
In 1829, he participated in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-29 serving with the rank of major general under the command of Field Marshal Hans Karl von Diebitsch. He was critically wounded in the Battle of Olszynka Grochowska on 25 February 1830.
On 6 December 1835 he was promoted to Lieutenant general and on 9 December he was appointed chairman of the Military Censorship Committee. In 1839 he became a senator and as such, he was appointed as a member of the council of war, where he tried to end his life to reform the army. He became a member of Emperor’s Council of War in 1839 and of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in 1843.
Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky died in September 1848 in the Saint Petersburg cholera epidemic of 1847-1849.view less
Books by General A. Mikhailofsky-Danilefsky
History of The Campaign in France, in The Year 1814