Hans Karl von Diebitsch

Hans Karl von Diebitsch (born May 13, 1785, Grossleipe, Silesia, Prussia—died June 10, 1831, Kleczewo, near Pułtusk, Poland) was a military officer whose Balkan campaigns determined the Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29. Although he was of German parentage and was educated at the Berlin cadet school, Diebitsch joined the Russian Army in 1801, and, after fighting against Napoleon in the battles of Austerlitz, Eylau, Friedland, and Smolensk, he acquired the rank of...