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Alexander Drenteln

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Alexander Drenteln
Native name
Александр Романович Дрентельн
Born1820
Died1888
AllegianceRussian
RankGeneral
CommandsThird Section of His Imperial Majesty's Chancellery
AwardsOrder of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov)

Alexander Romanovich Drenteln (Russian: Александр Романович Дрентельн) (1820-1888) was a Russian general.[1]

He held the rank of General of the Infantry, and held the positions of:

On March 25, 1879, he was the target of a failed assassination attempt by Russian nihilists.[2]

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  1. ^ Fuhrmann, Joseph T. (2013). Rasputin: The Untold Story (PDF). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. xxi. ISBN 978-1-118-22693-3.
  2. ^ Bosch Alessio, Constanza; Gaido, Daniel (2015). "Vera Zasulich's Critique of Neo-Populism Party Organisation and Individual Terrorism in the Russian Revolutionary Movement, (1878-1902)" (PDF). Historical Materialism. 23: 93–125.