About Nikolai Islenev
Lived 1785 – 1851 (aged 65–66). Nikolai Islenev was a Russian military personnel.
Nikolai Islenev (1785–1851) was an Imperial Russian division commander. He fought in wars against the First French Empire and the Ottoman Empire. He took in the suppression of the uprising in Poland. In 1820, his wife died giving birth to his son, who died in 1822 at the age of 2.
In 1803, he joined the Kura Regiment. In 1805 he transferred to the Preobrazhensky Regiment (from 1822 to 1833 commanded it).
He was awarded the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky.
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Who was Nikolai Islenev?
imperial Russian division commander
When was Nikolai Islenev born?
Nikolai Islenev was born in 1785.
When did Nikolai Islenev die?
Nikolai Islenev died on 25 February 1851 in Saint Petersburg.
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Nikolai Islenev was a military personnel.
What nationality was Nikolai Islenev?
Nikolai Islenev was Russian.
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