During the Seven Years' War, the Prussian-held town of Kolberg in Brandenburg-Prussian Pomerania was besieged by Russian forces three times. The first two sieges, in late 1758 and from 26 August to 18
Fall of Kolberg by Alexander Kotzebue
Carle Vanloo, Portrait de l’impératrice Élisabeth Petrovna
Peter III of Russia by Grooth
Dubislav Friedrich von Platen was a Prussian officer in Frederick the Great's army. A cavalry general, he was also Governor of Königsberg, a Knight of the Order of Saint John, and a recipient of the O
Dubislav von Platen
Frederick II at the Battle of Zorndorf, where two of Platen's sons were killed.