Alexander Leslie of Auchintoul | |
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Born | 1590 Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Died | 1663 Smolensk, Russia |
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Rank | Colonel (Swedish Army) General (Russia) |
Battles/wars | Smolensk War English Civil War Siege of Smolensk (1654) Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) Siege of Riga (1656)
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Relations | Clan Leslie Leslie baronets Leslie of Smolensk |
Alexander Leslie of Auchintoul (1590–1663) was a Scottish soldier in Swedish and Russian service,[1] Russia's first General and reformer of the Muscovite army in cooperation with Boyar Boris Morozov. He was the son of William Leslie, third laird of Crichie, a branch of the Balquhain Leslies.[2] In 1618 he was an officer in Polish employ, captured by the Russians, but released. He was the owner of Gerchikovo
manor and voivode of Smolensk.[3]