Benkendorf, Aleksandr Khristoforovich, 1783-1844
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Name (Hebrew)
בנקנדורף, אלכסנדר, 1783-1844
Name (Latin)
Benkendorf, Aleksandr Khristoforovich, 1783-1844
Name (Cyrilic)
Бенкендорф, Александр Христофорович, 1783-1844
Other forms of name
Benckendorff, Alexander von, 1783-1844
Von Benckendorff, Alexander, 1783-1844
Benkendorf, Alexandre, 1783-1844
Date of birth
1783
Date of death
1844
Gender
male
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MARC
Sources of Information
- Benkendorf, 2009:p. 389 (b. June 23, 1782) p. [391] (d. September 11, 1844)
- Bolʹsh. sov. ent︠s︡iklop., 2nd ed.(Benkendorf, Aleksandr Khristoforovich, 1783-1844)
- Wikipedia, Jun 10, 2016:(Alexander von Benckendorff (Count Alexander Carl Wilhelm Christoph von Benckendorff; b. 1781 or 1783; d. 1844); born into Russia's distinctive Baltic nobility to a Baltic German family in Reval (now Tallinn) in today's Estonia)
- Zapiski Benkendorfa, 2001:t.p. (... Benkendorfa; [in roman]: comte Alexandre Benkendorf, général cavalerie) p. 16 (Aleksandr Khristoforovich Benkendorf, b. 1783, sometimes the date of June 23, 1781 is encountered)) p. 18 (d. August 23, 1844)
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Wikipedia description:
Konstantin Alexander Karl Wilhelm Christoph Graf von Benckendorff (Russian: Александр Христофорович Бенкендорф, romanized: Aleksander Khristoforovich Benkendorf, 4 July [O.S. 23 June] 1781 or 1783 – 5 October [O.S. 11 September or 23 September] 1844) was a Russian cavalry general and statesman of Baltic German descent. He was also the adjutant general of Alexander I and a commander of partisan (Kossak irregular) units during the French invasion of Russia. He is most frequently remembered for his later role, under Nicholas I, as the founding head of the Gendarmes and the secret police in Russia known as the Third Section.
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