Johann Jakob Pistor
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Johann Jakob von Pistor was an 18th-century German
general
who served in the Imperial Russian Army
. One of the most notable commanders of Russian forces in the Warsaw Uprising (1794)
, he authored a memoir on both the fights in Warsaw and the entire Kościuszko's Uprising.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
general
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
who served in the Imperial Russian Army
Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army was the land armed force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian army consisted of around 938,731 regular soldiers and 245,850 irregulars . Until the time of military reform of Dmitry Milyutin in...
. One of the most notable commanders of Russian forces in the Warsaw Uprising (1794)
Warsaw Uprising (1794)
The Warsaw Uprising of 1794 was an armed Polish insurrection by the city's populace early in the Kościuszko Uprising. Supported by the Polish Army, it aimed to throw off Russian control of the Polish capital city...
, he authored a memoir on both the fights in Warsaw and the entire Kościuszko's Uprising.