Fédor Rostoptchine

Fédor Vassilievitch Rostoptchine [[Cyrillic] ФёдорВасильевичРостопчин, is Fiodor Vassilievitch Rostoptchine] (1763 - 1826) Russian Lieutenant-general of Infanterie is a .

Rostoptchine descended from a former Russian family of Mongolian origin . Entered early the military career, he was lieutenant at 21 years in the imperial guard. He left the Russia then to travel and resided some time at Berlin, where he was still in 1778.

The spirit and the promptness of the Rostoptchine young person rained with the count Romanzov, chancellor of the Empire, brother of the Foreign Minister, then ambassador with Berlin. Under the reign of Paul I {{er}}, its advance was as fast as shining. It was decorated with the Grand order of Russia and was made count, like his father; but soon they fell one and the other, for unknown reasons, in a disgrace to which the Count Panim was not foreign, and had order to be withdrawn in their grounds. The count Rostoptchine returned in favor under Alexandre I {{er}}, and it was charged with the government of Moscow, when the French appeared under its walls in 1812. The September 11th, day before arrival of the emperor Alexandre, it addressed to the garrison a proclamation conceived in terms odd, but energetic and suitable to ignite patriotic and religious enthusiasm Muscovites. The 12, it went near the prince Koutousov, general-in-chief of the Russian army, by announcing its departure in more singular style still.

The September 14th at midday, according to the 19th bulletin, the French entered to Moscow; the same day (20th bulletin), the Russians reflect fire at several public edifices of this big city. The official reports announced that released convicts, gangsters of any species reflect fire in five hundred places different per order from the governor. At Voronovo, known as the 23e bulletin, the count Rostoptchine put fire at its country house.

The count Rostoptchine preserved the government of Moscow until September 1814. At that time, it gave its resignation and accompanied with Vienna the Alexandre emperor. In 1817, it came to Paris, where it appeared to intend to fix its stay.

The count Rostoptchine died in Saint-Pétersbourg the January 30th 1826. He left a son who was distinguished in the military career and a girl Sophie Rostopchine, countess of Ségur which married the grandson of the Count de Ségur.