Pavel Ushakov

Pavel Nikolayevich Ushakov (2 November 1779 – 1853) - Russian commander of the era of the Napoleonic Wars, general from the infantry of the Imperial Russian Army, adjutant general. Biography Pavel Ushakov was born on 2 November 1779 in the village of Potykino, Yaroslavl Province, to a noble family of a real state adviser Nikolai Ivanovich Ushakov and Ekaterina Vasilyevna Telyakovskaya; younger brother of General Sergey Ushakov. He received his primary education at home, and then was brought up in the boarding house of Johann Mathias Schaden in the city of Moscow. Almost from birth, he was recorded in the Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment as a lieutenant, and three years later he was transferred to the Izmailovsky Life Guard Regiment. Bravely fought in the wars of the third and fourth coalitions; was wounded and marked by the shoulder straps of the colonel (11 August 1809).