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Leonty Dubelt

1792 – 1862

Imperial Russian Army general, Head of the Third Section secret police under Nicholas I

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Lived 1792 – 1862 (aged 69). Leonty Dubelt was a Russian politician.

Leontiy Vasilievich Dubbelt (also transliterated as Dubelt, ) (1792–1862) was a Russian Imperial general and statesman, primarily renowned for his service as the police-chief under Emperor Nicholas I . Dubelt fought against the Grande Armée at the Battle of Borodino in 1812 and briefly came under suspicion of involvement in the Decembrist conspiracy of 1825. Colonel Dubelt resigned from the Imperial Russian Army in 1828 and joined the Corps of Gendarmes

- the Russian Empire's uniformed security police.

He held senior rank from 1839 to 1856 in the feared Third Section and largely specialised in censorship.

In the course of his career he took part in secret-service cases involving writers and intellectuals

such as Pushkin (posthumously investigated in 1837 ),

Lermontov (banished to the Caucasus in 1837 ),

Saltykov-Shchedrin (arrested and exiled in 1848 )

and Turgenev (arrested and exiled in 1852.

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Important facts

Born

15 September 1792, Russian Empire

Birth century

18th century

Died

27 April 1862, Saint Petersburg

Occupation

Politician

Nationality

Russian Empire

Education

Saint Petersburg Mining University

Awards

Order of Saint Anna, 1st class; Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class; Order of Saint Anna, 4th class; Order of the White Eagle; Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class; Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class; Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class; Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class; Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky; Order of St. George, 4th class; Pour le Mérite; Order of St. George, 4th class, for 25 years of service

Also known as

Leontii Dubelt, Leontiy Dubelt, Leontii Vasilevich Dubelt, Leonty Vasilyevich Dubelt, Leontiy Vassilievich Dubelt, L. V. Dubbelt

Leontiy Vasilievich Dubbelt

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Leonty Dubelt's

Adrien-Marie Legendre

1752 – 1833

Mathematician

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

Louis Nicolas Vauquelin

1763 – 1829

Chemist

William Hyde Wollaston

1766 – 1828

Chemist

Alexander von Humboldt

1769 – 1859

Geologist

Frequently asked questions

Who was Leonty Dubelt?

Imperial Russian Army general, Head of the Third Section secret police under Nicholas I (1792–1862)

When was Leonty Dubelt born?

Leonty Dubelt was born on 15 September 1792 in Russian Empire.

When did Leonty Dubelt die?

Leonty Dubelt died on 27 April 1862 in Saint Petersburg.

What was Leonty Dubelt's occupation?

Leonty Dubelt was a politician.

What nationality was Leonty Dubelt?

Leonty Dubelt was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Leonty Dubelt

· Wikidata: Q4169076

· DBpedia: L. V. Dubbelt

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