serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1749 -- 1798 imperial russian army 1802 1725 svitene russian empire manor , kreis bauske , courland governorate , kleve , rheinland , kingdom of prussia kingdom of france russian empire seven 1774 -rrb- years ' war russo-turkish war -lrb- 1768 -- 1725 field marshal elmpt-ik . jpg johann martin von elmpt
 johann-martin von elmpt
johann martin von elmpt

baron , later count -lrb- 1790 -rrb- ivan karpovich elmpt -lrb- , ; 1725 -rrb- was a field marshal of the russian empire .
a german nobleman who entered the russian service after first serving in france , he went on to command troops in many of the empire 's wars during the reign of catherine the great .
