Nikolai Sulima

Nikolai Sulima (Russian: Николай Семёнович Сулима;  12 January [O.S. 1 January] 1777^[1] – 21 October [O.S. 9 October] 1840^[2]) was a Russian statesman and military commander, a General of the Imperial Russian Army during Napoleonic Wars and the November Uprising. A distant descendant of hetman Ivan Sulyma and numerous Polish noble families, he joined the army early in his life.

He was taken prisoner in the Battle of Austerlitz,^[3] but was exchanged for a French officer soon afterwards. During the Russian campaign against Poland in 1831 he took part in the Battle of Warsaw. Named governor of Eastern Siberia in 1833^[4] and then Western Siberia in 1834,^[5] in 1836 he was recalled back to Sankt Petersburg where he joined the State Control Council. He died in 1840. Peter Kropotkin was his grandson, through his daughter Ekaterina Nikolaevna Sulima.