Aleksey Arakcheyev
Aleksey Arakcheyev | |
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Portrait by George Dawe (Military Gallery of the Winter Palace) | |
| Native name | Алексей Андреевич Аракчеев |
| Born | October 4 [O.S. September 23] 1769 Garusovo, Vyshnevolotsky Uyezd, Russian Empire |
| Died | May 3 [O.S. April 21] 1834 (aged 64) Gruzino, Russian Empire |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army |
| Years of service | 1783–1825 |
| Rank | General |
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Count Alexey Andreyevich Arakcheyev or Arakcheev (Russian: Алексей Андреевич Аракчеев; October 4 [O.S. September 23] 1769 – May 3 [O.S. April 21] 1834) was an Imperial Russian general and statesman during the reign of Tsar Alexander I.
He served under Tsars Paul I and Alexander I as an army commander and Inspector of Artillery. He had a violent temper, but was a competent artillerist, and is known for his reforms of Russian artillery known as the "System of 1805". When Alexander was succeeded by Nicholas I, he lost all his offices.