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Aleksey Arakcheyev
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Count Alexey Andreyevich Arakcheyev or Arakcheev (Russian: граф Алексей Андреевич Аракчеев; b. October 4 [O.S. September 23] 1769 in Garusovo – d. May 3 [O.S. April 21] 1834 in Gruzino) was an Imperial Russian general and statesman during the reign of Tsar Alexander I.
Portrait by George Dawe (Military Gallery of the Winter Palace)
Coat of arms of the counts of Arakcheyev. Motto: By work and diligence. Reduced copy of a real coat of arms.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Andreyevich and the family name is Arakcheyev.
He served under Tsars 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".[1] When Alexander was succeeded by Nicholas I, he lost all his offices.