Artur Adamovich Nepokoychitsky | |
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![]() General Artur Nepokoychitsky in 1877. | |
Born | 20 December [O.S. 8] 1813 Slutsk, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 23 November [O.S. 11] 1881 (aged 67) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
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Years of service | 1832 – 1881 |
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Battles/wars | Caucasian War Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Crimean War Russo-Turkish War |
Artur Adamovich Nepokoychitsky (Russian: Артур Адамович Непокойчицкий; Russian (before 1918): Артуръ Адамовичъ Непокойчицкій; Polish: Artur Niepokojczycki; 20 December [O.S. 8] 1813 – 23 November [O.S. 11] 1881) was an Imperial Russian military leader of Polish extraction. A participant of the Crimean War and Russo-Turkish War, he was the chief of staff to Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia during the Russo-Turkish War, until his dismissal at the end of the war.[1]
He joined the Page Corps before being promoted to the Preobrazhensky Regiment. From 1841 he served on the General Staff and participated in military operations in Chechnya and Dagestan. In 1849, he ran of the headquarters of General Alexander von Lüders which went to Transylvania. Nepokoychitsky distinguished himself during the occupation of Sibiu.[2]