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See also:COUNT See also:LUDWIG ADOLF See also:PETER See also:WITTGENSTEIN
, See also:prince of Sayn-See also:Wittgenstein-See also:Ludwigsburg (1769—1843), See also:Russian soldier, was descended from a See also:family of formerly See also:independent See also:counts in See also:Westphalia
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His See also:father had settled in See also:Russia, and he entered the See also:army, distinguishing himself in the See also:Polish See also:War of 1794—95, and , then serving in the See also:Caucasus
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In 18o5, he fought at See also:Austerlitz, in 18o6 against the See also:Turks and in 1807 against See also:Napoleon at See also:Friedland and against the Swedes in See also:Finland
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In the war of 1812 he commanded the right wing army of the Russians
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In the See also:campaign of 1813 in See also:January he took over the command of the Russian army after Kutfizov's See also:death
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But after the defeats of the See also:Spring campaign he laid down this command and led an army See also:corps during the See also:Dresden and See also:Leipzig See also:campaigns, and at See also:Bar-sut-See also:Aube in the 1814 campaign he was severely wounded
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In 1823 he was promoted See also: |
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