Gottlob Heinrich Curt von Tottleben
Gottlob Curt Heinrich von Tottleben | |
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| Born | 21 December 1715 Tottleben |
| Died | 20 March 1773 (aged 57) |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire |
| Years of service | 1759–1773 |
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Gottlob Curt Heinrich Graf von Tottleben, Herr auf Tottleben, Zeippau und Hansdorf im Saganschen (also Tottleben, Todtleben, or Todleben; Russian: Готлиб-Генрих Тотлебен; 21 December 1715 – 20 March 1773) was a Saxon-born Russian general known for his adventurism and contradictory military career during the Seven Years' War and, then, the Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) as a commander of the first Russian expeditionary force in Kartli-Kakheti. His name refers to his domains at Tottleben in Thuringia, Zeippau and Hansdorf of Sagan in Lower Silesia.