Pozharskii Prince Semen Romanovich (d. 1659), died in captivity in Crimeans, the son of Prince Roman Petrovich Shovels-Pozharskiy. In 1635, during a dinner at the Palace of Facets of Lithuania, then kizilbashskih ambassadors, was one of the attendants who set food before the king, Mikhail Fyodorovich, in 1637, 1639 and 1641 years. once each spent day and night at the royal estate at "campaign" with him. Pokrovskoye, in 1639, twice spent day and night at the tomb of Prince Ivan Mikhailovich and at the tomb of Prince Vasily Mikhailovich, in 1644, was a bell when you receive a messenger of the Lithuanian and Danish ambassador, and in 1645 with delivery of the Danish prince Woldemar and graphs shlezvigskogo and gomitinskogo; in 1644 – the governor in Ryazan Pereyaslavl "on the Crimean Vesti, in 1645 the governor of Kursk in 1646, sent against Crimeans, ordered him to collect the local inhabitants in Astrakhan, the Nogai murzas and the Circassian, to go on Don and connect there with the voivod Kondyrevym, which was supposed to come from Voronezh, and together go under the of Azov. In the autumn of that year, granted to the courtiers. In 1647, the day Easters, "stood by the fairy tale" when told of okolnichestvo book. Feud. Andr. Khilkov, and was at the Tsar's table along with the patriarch, in 1648, attended New Cheti and Pushkarsk command with the boyar Prince. MP Pronsky; the first wedding of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, with Mary Ilinishna Miloslavskaya doziral in the Kremlin on goal, twice with the king in the "march" to the Trinity and Vyazma, where he was asked to "pitch". From the petition filed by the king man boyar Vasily Sheremetev, shows that the prince was Pozhars'kogo "bortnoy groomed in with.
Kurbsky Andrei Mikhailovich (1528 – 1583) – Boyar, the governor, a writer known for prot-to John IV, born in 1528 and in 1549 with the rank of steward accompanied John IV in the first cauldron. campaign, on his return from which was sent to Pronsk voivod to protect Yu-eastern. boundaries of the Tatars.
In 1551, together with Prince Karl. Schenyatevym commanded a regiment rights.
Gorchakov, Mikhail Dmitrievich (1793 – 1861) – Adjutant General, in 1807 he entered a cadet in the Guards. artillery, with which (after a short-term, in 1809, travel to the Caucasus), made the campaign of 1812, 1813 and 1814. In 1820 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the 3rd Infantry. Corps, with the troops which participated in the Turkish War of 1828 – 29 years.
Kuropatkin Alexei (1848) – Lieutenant General, was born in 1848, completed the course in the Pavlovsk Military School and the Nicholas General Staff Academy, and participated in Samarkand hike in 1868, was sent to Algeria, where he lived for about a year and participated in expedition of French troops in B. Sakharov; at the same time it was published a book on Algeria.
Participated with distinction in Kokand campaign, under the command of MD Skobelev. In 1876 – 1877 years. Kuropatkin was headed embassy in Kashgariyu, which contracted with Yaqub Beg. On this journey, written in his essay: "Kashgar".
As Chief of Staff of Detachment gene. Skobelev, was in the battle of Lovcen and the attack of 30 th and 31 th August at Plevna, in what was wounded in the head.
In the transition unit Skobelev through the Balkans, December 25, 1877, Kuropatkin was seriously wounded and forced to leave the theater of war.
Later managed the Asian part of the Chief of Staff and was an associate professor of statistics in the military General Staff Academy. Has described the action teams Skobelev the Turkish war, under the title: "more agile, Plevna, Sheinovo.
In 1879 he was appointed head Kuropatkin Infantry Brigade in Turkestan, as the spring of 1880 sent a detachment to Kul'dzha for organizing defense ridge Borohoro; for settling affairs with the Chinese, he was required to establish a special department in the Amudarya team and lead them to the General Skobelev in Akhal Tekin oasis.
Benkendorf Khristoforovich Alexander (1783 – 1844) was born 1783, died 1844. In 1798, promoted to ensign Lifeguard Semenov regiment with the appointment of adjutant to the Emperor Paul, in the war 1806 – 1807. consisted in the general of Count Tolstoy, and participated in many battles, and in 1809 went to a hunter in the army against the Turks, and often at the forefront or the commander of the individual units, in the battle of Ruschukom, 20 June 1811, for outstanding differences was awarded Order of St. George 4-th degree.
During the war of 1812, Benkendorf first commanded the vanguard detachment Baron Vintsengorode, July 27 made a brilliant attack in at Velizh, but after the departure of Napoleon from Moscow, and lesson, of Russian troops was appointed commandant of the capital.
In pursuit of the enemy he was in the detachment Lieutenant General Kutuzov was in different cases and captured the 3-generals and more than 6000 of the lower ranks. In campaign 1813, governor Benkendorf flying squad, defeated the French at Tempelberge (for which he received the Order of St. George 3 tbsp.) Forced the enemy to capitulate, the Fürstenwalde and, together with a detachment Chernyshev and Tetenborna, entered Berlin.
Crossing of the Elbe, Benckendorf took Worben city and state under the command of General Dornberg contributed to the defeat of division Moran in Lüneburg. Then, with the state of his party in the Northern Army, participated in the battles of Gros Beren and Dennewitz.