Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Buxhoeveden was a Baltic German general of the infantry and government official in Russian service. He participated in several of Russia's wars in the late 18th and early 19
Portrait by Vladimir Borovikovsky, c. 1809
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Baltic Germans is a historical community of German speakers living in the Baltic Sea region, mostly modern Estonia and Latvia. After 1945, their numbers drastically declined, with many relocating to G
Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden
…Фёдор Фёдорович Буксгевден, romanized: Fyodor Fyodorovich Buksgevden; September 13 [O.S. September 2] 1750 – September 4 [O.S. August 23] 1811) was a Baltic German general of the infantry and government official in Russian service. He participated in several of Russia's wars in the late 18th and early 19th centuries…
Russian Baltic governorates
Dukes of Courland's Rundāle Palace
The many manors in Estonia and Latvia testify to the former splendor of the Baltic German landowning class. Pictured, the von Stackelberg family's manor in Vääna, Estonia
The von Lieven family's Mežotne Palace in Latvia