Portrait of Count Matvey Ivanovich Platov on a horse

The artist is unknown

Matvey Ivanovich Platov, Count (since 1812) (1753–1818) – an outstanding commander, son of the military foreman, entered the service at 13 years old, was soon promoted to officers. He participated in the hostilities from the age of 19. During the 1st Turkish War-the commander of the Cossack regiment. Became famous in battles near Ochakov (1788). For military exploits, he received the rank of foreman with the appointment of a camp ataman of the Cossack regiments in the army. AND. Potemkina. From 1790 – military chieftain of the Yekaterinoslav Cossack army. Soon he was sent to the army of Suvorov, where he took part in the storm of Izmail (1790). January 1, 1793 was promoted to Major General, participated in the Persian campaign. During the reign of Paul I, he was exiled to Kostroma and arrested, but then forgiven and received an order to lead the campaign to Orenburg. On September 15, 1801, he was awarded the lieutenant general and appointed ataman of the Don Cossack army. In 1809 he distinguished himself in the war with Turkey on the Danube and received the rank of general from the cavalry. The world fame converted into the Patriotic War of 1812 and in foreign campaigns of 1813–1814. December 29, 1812 erected to hereditary graphics dignity. For Leipzig Battle (1813) he was awarded the Order of St. Andrew the First -Called. In 1814 he fought at the head of his regiments when taking Nemura, at Arsi-Sur-Oba, Cezanne, Vilnev. After the end of hostilities, he accompanied Alexander I on a trip to London, where he was accepted with great honor. He was buried in Novocherkassk in the family crypt near the Voznesensky Cathedral, and on October 4, 1911 his ashes were transferred to the tomb of the military cathedral of Novocherkassk.

The image is based on the iconographic type. Rombauer (1809). The uniform, tape and the order are rewritten later, probably in connection with the receipt of the Order of St. Andrew the First -Called. Depicted in the form of General of the Don Cossack Army with the ribbon and star of the Order of St. Andrew the First -Called (1813), St. George 2nd degree (star and cross on the cervical tape; 1807), St. Vladimir 2nd degree (1807), St. Anna of the 1st degree (1801), the cross of the Order of St. John Jerusalem.

N. X. Unknown artist. SPb, 2012. With. 71.