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Vasili Bebutov

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Vasili Osipovich Bebutov
Armenian: Վասիլ Բեհբութով
Native name
Russian: Василий Осипович Бебутов
Born(1791-01-01)1 January 1791
Died7 April 1858(1858-04-07) (aged 67)
RankGeneral of the Infantry &
Adjutant General
Battles/warsRusso-Turkish War of 1806–1812
Patriotic War of 1812
Crimean War
Awards

Vasili Osipovich Bebutov (Armenian: Վասիլ Բեհբութով, Russian: Василий Осипович Бебутов, romanizedVasiliy Osipovich Bebutov) (1 January 1791 – 7 April 1858) was an Imperial Russian general and a member of an Armenian noble family of Bebutashvili/Bebutov.

Bebutov was in the military since 1809. Served in the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812 and the Patriotic War of 1812. Since 1816 he was Adjutant General of the H. I. M. Retinue and served with A. P. Yermolov. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29 he participated in the takeover of Akhaltsikhe and commanded the defense thereof against an attempt by Ahmed Pasha of Adjara to recapture it for the Ottomans. In 1830 he was made the governor of the Armenian Oblast. From 1844–47 he fought Imam Shamil. He was awarded the Order of Saint George of the second degree on 6 December 1853 for his services after he defeated the Ottomans in the battle of Başgedikler during the Crimean War.

Prince Bebutoff was appointed the Russian Commander-in-Chief in Asia in 1855, replacing General Mouravieff.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Prince Bebutoff, the New Russian Commander-in-Chief in Asia". Vol. 27, no. 771. The Illustrated London News. 24 November 1855. p. 613. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023. Alt URL
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