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Ivan Abamelik

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Ivan Abamelik
Իվան Աբամելիք
Native name
Իվան Սիմեոնի Աբամելիք
BornJanuary 7, 1768
Tbilisi, Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
DiedAugust 23, 1828 (aged 60)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
RankMajor general
Battles / wars
AwardsOrder of St. George, 4th degree,
Order of St. Anna 1st degree,
Golden Weapon for Bravery
Order of the Red Eagle[1]

Ivan Semeonovich Abamelik ( January 7, 1768, Tbilisi, Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti - August 23, 1828, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire ), was an Armenian nobleman in the Russian Empire, Major general of lejb-guards of artillery (1817), chief of arsenals in Kiev and St. Petersburg.[2][3][4]

He was elder brother of David Abamelik, from the noble family of Abamelik.[5]

Biography

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Ivan Semenovich Abamelik tombstone.

He was born on January 7, 1768, in Tbilisi.

Family

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  • Father - Abamelik Simeon (Ivan).
  • Brother - Abamelik David (Simeon).
  • Brother - Abamelik Zakar (Simeon).
  • Brother - Abamelik George (Simeon) - Captain.[6]
  • Brother - Abamelik Peter (Simeon) - Colonel, participant of the French invasion of Russia.
  • Brother - Abamelik Alexander (Simeon)
  • Sister - Yelena (1770–1836).

Military service

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He was married to Sophie Yegorovna. During the French invasion of Russia against Napoleon I, he distinguished himself in the Battle of Austerlitz and Borodino, he also took part in the Russian invasion of France in 1814, and entered Paris. He was the head of the arsenals of Kiev and St. Petersburg. He studied gun casting in Berlin and did significant work in the field of improving Russian artillery. He died on August 23, 1828, in St. Petersburg at the age of 60, and was buried in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ at the Smolensk Armenian Cemetery. He was awarded the Order of St. George, 4th class (December 16, 1821) and St. Anna, 1st class, as well as the Golden Weapon for Bravery (April 12, 1808).[7]

References

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  1. ^ Ordens-Liste von den Rittern und Besitzern der Königlich Preußischen Orden und Ehrenzeichen im Jahre 1817. 1817. p. 217.
  2. ^ Кобак, Александр В.; Piri︠u︡tko, I︠U︡riĭ Minaevich; Еремина, Л. С.; kulʹtury, Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ fond (1993). Исторические кладбища Петербурга: справочник-путеводитель (in Russian). Изд-во Чернышева. ISBN 978-5-85555-011-5.
  3. ^ Литературная Армения (in Russian). Soi͡uz pisateleĭ Armenii. 1998.
  4. ^ "Necropolis of the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra of the Holy Trinity - Abamelik Ivan Semenovich". Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  5. ^ Гогитидзе, Мамука (2007). Военная элита Кавказа (in Russian). Научно-исследовательский центр истории грузинско-кавказских отношении. ISBN 978-9941-0-0047-8.
  6. ^ "СЛАВНЫЙ РОД АБАМЕЛЕК". golosarmenii.am. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  7. ^ "Абамелик-Лазаревы — RuData.ru". www.rudata.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-06-24.