Eduard Totleben
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For the nobility, see Totleben.
Franz Eduard Graf[lower-alpha 1] von[lower-alpha 2] Tottleben[lower-alpha 3] (Russian: Эдуа́рд Ива́нович Тотле́бен, tr. Eduárd Ivánovich Totlében; 20 May [O.S. 8 May] 1818 – 1 July [O.S. 19 June] 1884), better known as Eduard Totleben in English, was a Baltic German military engineer and Imperial Russian Army general.[3] He was in charge of fortification and sapping work during a number of important Russian military campaigns.
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Franz Eduard von Tottleben | |
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Other name(s) | Eduard Ivanovich Totleben |
Born | (1818-05-20)20 May 1818 Mitau, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 1 July 1884(1884-07-01) (aged 66) Bad Soden, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire |
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Army |
Years of service | 1836–1884 |
Rank | Engineer-General |
Battles/wars | Caucasian War Crimean War Russo-Turkish War |
Awards | Order of St. Andrew Order of St. George (2nd class) Order of St. Vladimir Order of the Cross of Takovo[1] Order of Prince Danilo I[1] |
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