- Vladimir Mikhailovich Yashvil
Prince Vladimir Mikhailovich Yashvil ( _ru. Владимир Михайлович Яшвиль; _ka. ვლადიმერ იაშვილი) (
July 15 1764 -July 20 1815 ) was a Russian general of Georgian noble origin (Iashvili) personally involved in the assassination ofPaul I of Russia (1800). He was a brother of General Lev Yashvil.Born to an émigré Georgian noble family in the village Muromtseva,
Kaluga Governorate , Yashvil graduated from a cadet corps in 1786 and took part in theRusso-Turkish War (1787–1792) and the Polish campaigns (1792, 1794). He commanded various artillery units and was promoted tomajor general in 1800. That year, he joined several Russian officers in a palace coup against Paul I and, along with General Bennigsen assassinated thetsar inSaint Michael's Castle . Paul's successor Alexander I, allegedly the coup sympathizer, soon sacked Yashvil. Being prohibited from visiting bothSt. Petersburg andMoscow , Yashvil spent next several years in a compulsory retirement at his estate. DuringNapoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, Yashvil managed to obtain permission from GeneralDmitry Shepelev to join the Kaluga militia and helped recoverYelnya . However, upon Alexander I's order, the Russian commander Kutuzov dismissed Yashvil who returned to his estate. [ru icon [http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/Persons/slovar/sl_ya03.html#SN3 Яшвиль, Владимир Михайлович.] "museum.ru". Accessed onMay 11 2008 .]References
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