Facts: - caption: studio winter palace , hermitage museum -lrb- st. petersburg -rrb- of george dawe , military gallery of the - battles: battle of friedland , patriotic war of 1812 - death date: 20 july or 23 august 1813 - allegiance: russian empire - awards: order of st george , 4th degree - birth date: 30 september 1759 - name: ivan nikolaevich essen -lrb- magnus gustav von essen -rrb- - image: essen ivan n.jpg - birth place: kalvi , governorate of estonia , russian empire - rank: lieutenant general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ivan essen .
ivan nikolaevich essen -lrb- ; 30 september 1759 -- 20 july or 23 august 1813 -rrb- was a russian lieutenant general and military governor of riga at the start of the patriotic war of 1812 .