Nikanor Svechin information

Nikanor Mikhailovich Svechin
Nikanor Mikhailovich Svechin
	Portrait of Nikanor Svechin by George Dawe Workshop. Military Gallery of the Winter Palace, State Hermitage (Saint Petersburg)
Native name	Никанор Михайлович Свечин
Born	July 3, 1772
Died	February 13, 1849 (aged 76); Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service/branch	Infantry
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	2nd Brigade, 12th Infantry Division; 2nd Brigade, 11th Infantry Division; 2nd Infantry Division; 10th Infantry Division
Battles/wars	War of the Third Coalition, Patriotic War of 1812, War of the Sixth Coalition, Russian–Turkish War of 1828–1829
Awards	Orders Order of Saint Anna, 2nd Degree (1812) ; Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd Degree (1813) ; Order of Saint George, 4th Degree (1813) ; Kulm Cross (1813) ; Order of Saint Anna, 1st Degree (1814);

Nikanor Mikhailovich Svechin (1772–1849) was a Russian general, a participant in the Napoleonic Wars.^[2]

^ State Hermitage. Western European Painting. Catalog / Edited by Vladimir Levinson–Lessing; editors A. E. Krol, K. M. Semenova – 2nd Edition, Revised and Enlarged – Leningrad: Art, 1981 – Volume 2 – Page 259, Catalog No. 8064 – 360 Pages
^ Nikanor Svechin. Dictionary of Russian Generals

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