Aleksey Arakcheyev
Aleksey Arakcheyev | |
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Portrait by George Dawe, Military Gallery of the Winter Palace (1824) | |
| Native name | Алексей Андреевич Аракчеев |
| Born | October 4 [O.S. September 23] 1769 |
| Died | May 3 [O.S. April 21] 1834 (aged 64) Gruzino, Russian Empire |
| Allegiance | Russia |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army |
| Service years | 1783–1825 |
| Rank | General |
| Conflicts | |
| Minister of War of Russia | |
| In office 1808–1810 | |
| Monarch | Alexander |
| Preceded by | Sergey Vyazmitinov |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Barclay de Tolly |
Count Aleksey Andreyevich Arakcheyev (Russian: Алексе́й Андре́евич Аракче́ев; October 4 [O.S. September 23] 1769 – May 3 [O.S. April 21] 1834) was a Russian general and statesman during the reign of Tsar Alexander I.
He served under Paul I and Alexander I as an army commander and Inspector of Artillery. He had a violent temper, but was a competent artillerist, and is known for his reforms of Russian artillery known as the System of 1805 or Arakcheyev artillery system. When Alexander was succeeded by Nicholas I, he lost all his offices.