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[[Image:Zheltukhin-2 Peter.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait by [[George Dawe]]]] |
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A career officer he server as a Colonel at the [[Battle of Borodino]] in the [[Napoleonic Wars]].<ref name="Mikaberidze2007">{{cite book|author=Alexander Mikaberidze|title=The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Against Kutuzov|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXcOAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Pen & Sword Military|isbn=978-1-84415-603-0}}</ref> |
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During the [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–29)|Russo-Turkish War]] of 1828-29 he was first made the military governor of Kiev, and in January 1829 he was appointed plenipotentiary president of the divans (assemblies) of [[Moldavia]] and [[Valachia]] under the provisions of the ''[[Regulamentul Organic|Organic Statute]]''. He did not win the favour of the Romanian elites, and resigned the office in September the same year.<ref name="Hitchins1996">{{cite book|author=Keith Hitchins|author-link=Keith Hitchins|title=The Romanians, 1774-1866|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LUR3qXStHvAC&pg=PA160|year=1996|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn=978-0-19-820591-3|pages=160}}</ref> |
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His older brother [[Sergei Fedorovich Zheltukhin]] was also a Russian general.<ref name="Mikaberidze2005">{{cite book|author=Alexander Mikaberidze|title=The Russian Officer Corps in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: 1795-1815|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WNtoAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Spellmount|isbn=978-1-86227-269-9|page=462}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 08:50, 25 August 2024
Peter Zheltukhin (Russian: Пётр Фёдорович Желтухин) (1777, Kazan – 1829, Kyiv) was a Russian soldier, born to a noble family in Kazan gubernia.
A career officer he server as a Colonel at the Battle of Borodino in the Napoleonic Wars.[1]
During the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-29 he was first made the military governor of Kiev, and in January 1829 he was appointed plenipotentiary president of the divans (assemblies) of Moldavia and Valachia under the provisions of the Organic Statute. He did not win the favour of the Romanian elites, and resigned the office in September the same year.[2]
His older brother Sergei Fedorovich Zheltukhin was also a Russian general.[3]
References
- ^ Alexander Mikaberidze (2007). The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Against Kutuzov. Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-84415-603-0.
- ^ Keith Hitchins (1996). The Romanians, 1774-1866. Clarendon Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-19-820591-3.
- ^ Alexander Mikaberidze (2005). The Russian Officer Corps in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: 1795-1815. Spellmount. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-86227-269-9.