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Count Pavel Stroganov

Stroganov was born in Paris in 1774. In the year 1789 he witnessed the French Revolution. One of his childhood friends was Tsar Alexander I. In the year 1793 he married Princess Sofia Golitsyna. He was a Russian general in the Napoleonic Wars. At the critical Battle of Leipzig in 1813 he commanded the advance guard division of the Reserve Army of Poland which contained regulars, militia and Cossacks. He served alongside General Doktorov. Stroganov and Doktorov were led by General Bennigsen. Stroganov was given several military honors, including the St. George Cross. Stroganov died of consumption in 1817; he was buried in the St. Lazarus Cemetary in St. Petersburg.