True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-04-02
PRINCE pAsHK1EwITCH.

Poland and Commander of the Russian
army, who recently died at Warsaw, wa
descended from an ancient noble family o
Little Russia, probably of COssack origin
He was born at Pultowa on the 9Th o
|, May, 1882. Placed at an early age, by
the Empress Catharine, in the corps o
pages, he distinguished himself as a stu
dent. From this institution the Emperor
Paul took him to the Court as page o.
the chamber, and soon after, in 1900
made him his Aid-de-camp and Lieuten'
ant in the Prebajeuski, regiment always
under the command Of the reigning EN-
peror. Pashkiewitch first saw active ser.
vice in 1905, having been sent by Alex.
ander TO the assistance of Austria against
the French. He had at that time attain
ed the rank of Captain. In 1905 he was
with the army in Turkey, and at the
s,orming Of BrailOf, in 1909, he was so
badly wounded that his life was in dam
ger. He fought with distinction at Smo-
lensko, at Borodino, at Wiasma, and at
Krasnoe. He took part in the battle OF
Leipsic, was active in the blockading Of
Magdeburg and Hamburg, went with his
division 10 France, fought at Montmartre,
and entered Paris with his grenadiers.-
He was sent on several missions 10 Con-
stantinople. On his last diplomatic jour
ney to that capital, learning that the Turks
intended TO assassinate him as a spy, he
forced two men 10 row him along the
shore Of the Black Sea in an open boat TO
Varna, where he succeeded in persuading
the Governor that peace had been concIu-
ded, and thus escaped death.
In 1916, he travelled in England as tu-
tor TO the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Mi
chael. In 1920 he married sister of the
Russian poet GriboiedoA, and the Empe-
ror gave him a division of the Imperial
Guard, creating him Aid.de.camp Gener-
al.
In 1926, he was appointed to the CON-
mand in the Caucasus, being so poor at
the time, that he was forced to borrow
furred cloak from one of his subalterns
for the long journey. With an army of
"a, 900 men, he destroyed much larger
force of the enemy at Elsavetopol. For
this service the Emperor presented him
golden sword SICILY sci in diamonds,
with the inscription: "To the conqueror
of the Persians at Elisavetopol." The
next year he conquered Persian Armenia,
and was created Count of Erivan, receiv-
ing 100000 as gift from the Gar
At the storming of Erivan, one of his best
generals, Borozdin, was killed, leaving
wife and family in very reduced circum-
stances. Pashkiewitch sent $4,000
from his own pocket to the widow, with
a letter stating that The money was found
among the papers of the deceased.
Pashkiewilch was next employed
against the Turks. In the course of the
campaign, at the head of 10000 men, he
was surrounded by two Pashas with about
&c, 900. He dispersed them in three days,
one after the other, winning the decisive
battle of Kars, after which, he took the
fortress of Akaltzik and The fortress Of
Erzeroum. He was now raised 10 the
dignity of Field-Marshal, and remained in
The command of the Caucasus and the
newly-conquered provinces. In 1890,
he subjugated several tribes Of the Cau-
casian mountaineers.
In 1881, the war with Poland breaking
out, Pashkiewilch was appointed to SUI
persede Diebtch in the command Of the
army. The issue ofthe campaign is well
known. Pashkiewilch was now created
a Prince Of Warsaw, and was named Vie
eroy Of Poland. He covered the king
dom with paved roads, introduced steam
navigation on The Vistula, and construct
ed a railroad betW cen Warsaw and Cra-
COW. He retained his vice-royalty until
his death. In spite of his advanced age
and his bodily infrmalies, he Joined the
army after it had crossed the Danube, in
the summer of 1854, and commanded in
person the bloody but unsuccessful attack
on SiIislria.
Pashkiewiich leaves one son, now
general and d-de.camp of the Emperor
Alexander, and three married daughters.
They inherit a colossal fortune. He
made generous use OF his riches. d.
ring the past winter, besides contributing
largely to numerous charities, he fed, a
his own expense, thousand person!
among the destitute population of War
saw,
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