See also:

• IVAN (JOHN)

IVAN FEDOROVICH See also:

• IVAN FEDOROVICH PASKEVICH (1782-1856)

PASKEVICH (1782-1856)  , See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• ERIVAN
• ERIVAN, or I1

Erivan, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WARSAW
• WARSAW (Polish Warszawa, Ger. Warschau, Fr. Varsovie)

Warsaw, See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal, descended from an old and wealthy See also:

• FAMILY

family, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• POLTAVA

Poltava on the 19th (8th) of May 1782 . He was educated at the imperial institution for pages, where his progress was rapid, and in 1800 received his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in the See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards and was named aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp to the See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

tsar . His first active service was in 1805, in the See also:

• AUXILIARY (from Lat. auxilium, help)

auxiliary See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army sent to the assistance of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria against See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, when he took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• AUSTERLITZ (Czech Slavkov)

Austerlitz . From x8o7 to 1812 he was engaged in the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns against See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey, and distinguished himself by many brilliant and daring exploits, being made a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general officer in his thirtieth See also:

• YEAR

year . During the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1812—14 he was See also:

• PRESENT

present, in command of the 26th See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry, at all the most important engagements; at the battle of See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig he won promotion to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general . On the outbreak of war with See also:

• PERSIA

Persia in 1826 he was appointed second in command, and, succeeding in the following year to the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief command, gained rapid and brilliant successes which compelled the shah to See also:

• SUE, EUGENE [JosEPH MARIE] (1804—1857)

sue for See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1828 . In See also:

• REWARD

reward of his services he was named by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor count of Erivan, and received a million of roubles and a See also:

• DIAMOND

diamond-mounted See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword . From Persia he was sent to Turkey in See also:

• ASIA

Asia, and, having captured in rapid See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal fortresses, he was at the end of the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign made a field marshal at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of See also:

• FORTY

forty-seven . In 183o he subdued the mountaineers of See also:

• DAGHESTAN

Daghestan . In 1831 he was entrusted with the command of the army sent to suppress the revolt of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, and after the fall of Warsaw, which gave the See also:

• DEATH

death-See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow to See also:

• POLISH

Polish See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence, he was raised to the dignity of prince of Warsaw, and created See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Poland . On the outbreak of the insurrection of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary in 1848 he was appointed to the command of the Russian troops sent to the aid of Austria, and finally compelled the surrender of the Hungarians at Vilfigos . In See also:

• APRIL

April 1854 he again took the field in command of the army of the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, but on the 9th of See also:

• JUNE

June, at See also:

• SILISTRIA (Bulgarian Silistra)

Silistria, where he suffered defeat, he received a contusion which compelled him to retire from active service .

He died on the 13th (1st) of February 1856 at Warsaw, where in 1869 a memorial was erected to him . He held the rank of field marshal in the Prussian and See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian armies as well as in his own service . See See also:

• TOLSTOY, LEO (1828-1910)
• TOLSTOY, PETR ANDREEVICH, COUNT (1645–1729)

Tolstoy, Essai biographique et historique sur le feld-marechal Prince de Varsovie (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1835) ; See also:

• NOTICE

Notice biographique sur le Marechal Paskivitch (Leipzig, 1856) ; and Prince Stcherbatov's See also:

• LIFE

Life (St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, 1888—1894) .