Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich

Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich (born May 19 [May 8, old style], 1782, Poltava, Russia—died Feb. 1 [Jan. 20, O.S.], 1856, Warsaw) was a military officer and administrator in the Russian government who suppressed the Polish insurrection of 1830–31. Having entered the Russian Army through the imperial institution for pages in 1800, Paskevich gained combat experience fighting against the Turks (1806–12) and against the French during 1812–14 in the Napoleonic Wars. He eventually became one of the...