Draft:Johann Eduard Trofimowitsch von Baranov
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Count Johann Eduard Trofimowitsch von Baranov December 18- 1811 in Saint Petersburg; † August 3 - 1884 in Baden-Baden) was a Russian General of Infantry in the Imperial Russian Army and a member of the Russian State Council. In 1846 he was admitted to the Russian Count rank.
Life
[edit]Johann Eduard left the Imperial Lyceum without a final examination and was accepted into the Guards as an ensign in 1832. In 1838, Tsar Nicholas I (1796-1855) as his wing adjutant and appointed him major general in 1849 À la suite. In 1846, he and his brothers were raised to the rank of Russian count. In 1851 he became Chief of Staff of the I Infantry Corps. From 1852 to 1855 he was commander of the Preobrazhensk Life Guards Regiment. 1855 With the beginning of the reign of Tsar Alexander II (1818-1881), he was appointed Adjutant General to His Majesty in 1855. From 1855 to 1863 he was Chief of Staff in the Guard Corps, he was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1857 and was a personal advisor to Tsar Alexander II. From April to October 1866 he was Governor General of the Baltic Sea Governorates which included Estonia, Livonia and Courland, and at the same time he was Commander-in-Chief of the Regional Military Districts. From October 1866 to 1868 he was commander-in-chief of the Military District of Vilna and governor-general of the north-western territories, which included Vilnius, Kowno and Grodno. In 1868 he was appointed to the Russian State Council and a year later was appointed General of Infantry. In 1876 he was chairman of the commission for research into the railroad economy. From 1881 to 1884 he was president of the Economic Department (comparable to the Economic Department) of the Imperial Council. At the Coronation of Alexander III (1845-1894) on 15 May 1883, he was given the honor of bearing the Imperial Sceptre.