Matvei Platov
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Count Matvei or Matvey Ivanovich Platov was a Russian general who commanded the Don Cossacks in the Napoleonic Wars and founded Novocherkassk as the new capital of the Don Host Province.
Portrait by George Dawe
Platov's portrait, commissioned in 1814 from William Beechey by Lord Beresford
By Thomas Lawrence – Royal Collection
By Aleksander Orłowski – State Historical Museum
Paisi Kaysarov
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Paisi Sergeevich Kaysarov was a Russian general who served during the Napoleonic Wars.
Portrait by George Dawe
