Nikolay Rtishchev

Nikolay Fedorovich Rtishchev
Native name
Russian: Николай Федорович Ртищев
Born1754
Died20 January [O.S. 8 January] 1835 (aged 80–81)
Allegiance Russian Empire
BranchImperial Russian Army
Service years1773–1816
RankGeneral of the Infantry
ConflictsRusso-Swedish War
Kościuszko Uprising
Russo-Persian War
AwardsGold Sword for Bravery
Order of St. Anna
Order of St. George
Order of St. Alexander of Neva
Order of the Lion and the Sun
Senator
In office
June 1817 – 1832
MonarchsAlexander I
Nicholas I

Nikolay Fedorovich Rtishchev (Russian: Никола́й Фёдорович Рти́щев; 1754 – 20 January [O.S. 8 January] 1835) was an Imperial Russian general who served as the Russian commander-in-chief in the Caucasus between 1812 and 1816. He is noted for being the Russian signatory to the Treaty of Gulistan, which brought an end to the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813.