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Platoff, Matvei Ivanovich, Count

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Hetman of Cossacks, and Russian commander in the Napoleonic wars; took part in the campaigns of 1805-7, and scourged the French during their retreat from Moscow in 1812, and again after their defeat at Leipzig 1813; he commanded at the victory of Altenburg 1813, and for his services obtained the title of count (1757-1818).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Platoff, Matvei Ivanovich, Count'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/platoff-matvei-ivanovich-count.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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