Order of St. George Order of St. Anna Order of St. Alexander Nevsky Cross of Saint Vladimir
Military service
Allegiance
Russia
Branch/service
Cavalry
Years of service
1741–1748 (Pomorišje Militia in the army of Habsburg Monarchy) 1748–1790 (Imperial Russian Army)
Rank
General-in-Chief
Commands
Arad Company of Pomorišje Militia Serbian Hussar Regiment Armed forces in Novorossiya
Battles/wars
War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) Sheikh Mansur Movement Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
Peter Tekeli (Russian: Пётр Авраамович Текели, romanized: Pyotr Avraamovich Tekeli;[1] Serbian: Петар Поповић Текелија, romanized: Petar Popović Tekelija;[2] Hungarian: Tököly-Popovics Péter; 1720–1792) was a Russian general-in-chief of Serb origin. He achieved the highest rank among the Serbs who served in the Imperial Russian Army.
Tekeli was born in a noble family of military tradition, whose men were officers of the Austrian army in the Military Frontier. Prior to his emigration to Russia in 1748, he fought as a young officer in the War of the Austrian Succession. Characterized by both courage and military cunning, he made a splendid career in Russia. He participated in the Seven Years' War, the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 and the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792. Under his command, the Zaporozhian Cossacks were disbanded and subjugated to the Imperial authority in 1775, without spilling a single drop of blood, for which he received the Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky from Empress Catherine the Great. He retired in 1790, and died two years later in his mansion at Novomirgorod.
^Текели is also spelled Текелий, and Тюкюли. Peter Tekeli’s Russian patronymic Авраамович (Avraamovich), spelled also Абрамович (Abramovich), results from the fact that his father’s name Ranko does not exist among Russians, and they replaced it with Avraam or Abram.
lands, and many, such as Sava Vladislavich, Nikolay Depreradovich, and PeterTekeli, became high ranking generals and imperial nobility. During the Napoleonic...
of Anapa (22,000 soldiers), and plan to storm the fortress, however PeterTekeli refused. 15 October: The garrison of the fortress Vladikavkaz is evacuated...
adopted at the court council of Catherine the Great on 7 May 1775. General PeterTekeli received orders to occupy and liquidate the main Zaporozhian fortress...
Russian troops under the command of Russian General of Serbian descent PeterTekeli, returning from an Ottoman campaign, suddenly surrounded Sich. The Cossacks...
Zaporozhian Sich through military force in 1775. In May 1775, Russian General PeterTekeli received orders to occupy and destroy the Zaporozhian Sich from Grigory...
Simeon Piščević Mikhail Miloradovich Semyon Zorich PeterTekeli Georgi Emmanuel Marko Ivelich Peter Ivanovich Ivelich Andrei Miloradovich "The Annals of...
Caucasus In office 1785–1787 Preceded by Office created Succeeded by PeterTekeli Personal details Born July 8th [O.S. June 27th], 1743 Saint Petersburg...
Prussian garrison surrendered because Serbian hussars under the command of PeterTekeli intercepted their convoy that went from Stettin to Kolberg (now Poland)...
(Palatine of Hungary) Vladimir Sukhomlinov Alexander Suvorov Fyodor Ushakov PeterTekeli Alfred von Tirpitz Dmitry Troshchinsky Erast Tsytovich Prince Valdemar...
major general and was decorated with the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class, by Peter III. At Catherine the Great's coronation, he was awarded the Order of St...
Jovan Šević Jovan Albanez Simeon Piščević Anto Gvozdenović Semyon Zorich PeterTekeli Georgi Emmanuel Dejan Subotić Fedor Yakovlevich Mirkovich Marko Ivelich...
Monika Radulovic Military people Pierre Marinovitch Mikhail Miloradovich PeterTekeli Marko Ivanovich Voinovich Matija Zmajevic Musicians Alex Lifeson Alexander...
the State Archive in Moscow since the razing of the Sich by General PeterTekeli in 1775, the documents dealt with foreign and fiscal policies of the...
Russia Ivan Adamovich Matija Zmajević Sava Vladislavich Semyon Zorich PeterTekeli Georgi Emmanuel Simeon Piščević Jovan Albanez Simeon Končarević Jovan...
mediator par excellence". Serbs in Russia Matija Zmajević Semyon Zorich PeterTekeli Georgi Emmanuel Simeon Piščević Jovan Albanez Jovan Šević Anto Gvozdenović...
Jovan Horvat Ivan Adamovich Ilya Mikhailovich Duka Mikhail Miloradovich PeterTekeli Jovan Albanez Jovan Šević Semyon Zorich Anto Gvozdenović Marko Ivanovich...
Jovan Šević Jovan Albanez Simeon Piščević Anto Gvozdenović Semyon Zorich PeterTekeli Georgi Emmanuel Dejan Subotić Fedor Yakovlevich Mirkovich Marko Ivelich...
Končarević Pavle Julinac Simeon Piščević Mikhail Miloradovich Semyon Zorich PeterTekeli Marko Ivelich Nikolay Vuich The State Hermitage. Western European painting...
which the Zaporozhian Cossacks took an active part, Lieutenant General PeterTekeli led 10 infantry, 13 Russian Cossack, 8 cavalry regular regiments, 20...
Bogdanov Ilya Duka Georgi Emmanuel Mikhail Miloradovich Semyon Zorich PeterTekeli Marko Ivelich The State Hermitage. Western European painting. Catalog...
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