Karl Gustav von Strandmann

Karl Gustav von Strandmann (Russian: Штрандман, Карл Густавович; 1786–1855) was a Russian German military officer, a General of the Cavalry in the Imperial Russian Army and commander of the Guards Reserve Cavalry Corps.

Early life and education Born in the Governorate of Livonia to Gustav Ernst von Strandmann, governor-general of Siberia and a general of infantry of the Russian Army, Karl Gustav was enrolled in the Page Corps, the elite military academy in Imperial Russia that prepared sons of the nobility and senior officers for military service. He did not graduate, however, and on 20 October 1803 enlisted as a junker in the Chevalier Guard Regiment, the elite heavy cavalry unit of the Russian Imperial Guard.