- Otto Wilhelm Furuhjelm
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Otto Wilhelm Furuhjelm Born unknown [O.S. unknown] 1819 Died 24 May [O.S. 11 May] 1883 Occupation General Otto Wilhelmsson Furuhjelm( Russian: Фуругельм, Оттон Васильевич) was a Russian lieutenant-general of Finnish descent.
Furuhjelm graduated from the Finnish Cadets Corps, and in 1839, enrolled the Life-Guards Semenovskiy Regiment (Семёновский лейб-гвардии полк). He was promoted to colonel in 1854, and was made the commander of the Yekaterinoslavsky Grenadeer Regiment at Yekaterinoslav (Екатеринославский гренадерский полк) in 1855. In 1858, he took charge of the Tavrichesky Grenadeer Regiment. In 1863, Otto Furuhjelm was promoted to the rank of mayor-general and commanded the Litovsky Regiment. In 1867, he was promoted to chief of the inspector's headquarters of rifle battalions (начальник штаба инспектора стрелковых батальонов). In this position, Otto W. Furuhjelm contributed to the rearmament of the Imperial Russian Army and earned the rank of lieutenant-general in 1871. He retired in late 1882.
See also
- Johan Hampus Furuhjelm
- Karl Harald Felix Furuhjelm
External links and references
- This article includes content derived from the Russian Biographical Dictionary, 1896–1918.
- Helsinki kehyksissä - Käyttäjälle - Furuhjelm - Kuva 1
Categories:- Russian generals
- Finnish nobility
- Russian people of the January Uprising
- 1819 births
- 1883 deaths
- 19th-century Finnish people
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