For members of the noble family, see Platov family.
Ataman, Count
Matvei Ivanovich Platov
Portrait by George Dawe
Born
19 August [O.S. 8 August] 1753 in Cherkassk, Don Host Province, Russian Empire
Died
15 January [O.S. 3 January] 1818 Epanchitskoe near Taganrog,[1] Russian Empire
Allegiance
Russian Empire
Service/branch
Imperial Russian Army
Years of service
1769–1818
Rank
General of the cavalry
Count Matvei or Matvey Ivanovich Platov (Russian: Матвей Иванович Платов; 8 [19 N.S.] August 1753[2] – 3 [15 N.S.] January 1818) was a Russian general who commanded the Don Cossacks in the Napoleonic wars and founded Novocherkassk as the new capital of the Don Host Province.
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^Martirosova, Margarita (2016). "К вопросу о дате рождения Матвея Ивановича Платова" [To a question about the date of birth of Matvey Ivanovich Platov]. Донской временник. Год 2016-й: краеведческий альманах (in Russian). Retrieved 28 October 2016.
Count Matvei or Matvey Ivanovich Platov (Russian: Матвей Иванович Платов; 8 [19 N.S.] August 1753 – 3 [15 N.S.] January 1818) was a Russian general who...
The Monument to MatveiPlatov (Russian: Памятник Матвею Ивановичу Платову) is the first sculpture constructed in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russia...
Airport) and started operation in December 2017. It is named after MatveiPlatov. It was originally planned that the airport would open in November 2017...
the morning of the battle at around 07:30, Don Cossack patrols from MatveiPlatov's pulk[clarification needed] had discovered a ford across the Kolocha...
000 parish members of the Don Eparchy were Starovers. Ataman count MatveiPlatov was of a Popovtsy Old Believers Family. Don Cossacks were tolerant of...
from the end of the XVIII to the beginning of the XIX century, Matvei Ivanovich Platov (1753-1818) on horseback, was built in the city of Novocherkassk...
Platov family (Russian: Платов) was the name of the Russian noble family of Don Cossacks origin. Descendants of Count Matvei Ivanovich Platov. Matvei...
commanded by Emmanuel Mensdorff and the Russian contingent of Cossacks by MatveiPlatov. The battle was the culmination of a raid in which Thielmann cavalry...
As the French retreat devolved into chaos, bands of Cossacks (under MatveiPlatov, Vasily Orlov-Denisov and Denis Davydov) along with agile Russian cavalry...
Temirov took part in the fighting as part of a separate Cossack troops of MatveiPlatov. To this day, there is controversy on whether they should be classified...
Bessières Levin August von Bennigsen Pyotr Bagration A. I. Gorchakov MatveiPlatov Strength 80,000 (65,000 engaged) 118 cannons 46,000–60,000 120 cannons...
the city of Novocherkassk was founded in 1805 by Lieutenant-general MatveiPlatov, the Ataman of the Don Cossacks, as the administrative center of the...
John Philip Kemble as Cato, 1812 Lady Hinchingbrook as "Hope" Count MatveiPlatov, 1814 Austrian Chancellor Klemens von Metternich, c. 1815 King Frederick...
caught Shevchenko at night painting a portrait of the Cossack general MatveiPlatov. He boxed the boy's ears and ordered him to be whipped. When the party...
against him by the resurgent Russian Army where the 1810 campaign led by MatveiPlatov failed. This was immediately used to raise new regiments, and to begin...
Frederick I Alexander Romanov Barclay de Tolly Levin August von Bennigsen MatveiPlatov Peter Wittgenstein William I of Orange-Nassau George III Robert Jenkinson...
Friedrich von Korff III Cavalry Corps General Major Kreutz Cossacks Corps MatveiPlatov – Ataman of the Don Cossacks Second Western Army General of the Infantry...
contemplation for some. Escaping Miloradovitch, only to face capture by Hetman Platov, seemed an ironic twist. The French army was yet to reach the borders of...
Russian politician Nikolai Sergeevich Volkonsky, militiary leader MatveiPlatov, General of the Imperial Russian Army Ivan Rakhmaninov, Russian publisher...
Dmitry Senyavin, Admiral Innocent, Archbishop of Chersonesos Taurica MatveiPlatov, General Pyotr Bagration, General Karl Diebitsch-Zabalkansky, Field...
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