Yakov Alkhazov
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- Koporsky Infantry Regiment,
- 2nd Brigade of the 19th Infantry Division,
- 41st Infantry Division ,
- Caucasus Grenadier Division ,
- 3rd Army Corps
Yakov Alkhazov | |
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 Major General Ya. K. Alkhazov, c. 1894 | |
| Born | 1 January 1826 |
| Died | November 3, 1896 (aged 70) |
| Rank | General of Infantry |
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| Conflicts | Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Crimean War January Uprising Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 |
| Awards | see below |
Yakov Kaikhosrovich Alkhazov (Russian: Я́ков Кайхо́срович Алха́зов; January 1, 1826 – November 3, 1896) was a Russian general who participated in the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Crimean War and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
Some authors call Yakov Alkhazov an Armenian[1][2][3] by origin, others, a Georgian.[4][5][6] The military leader was of the Armenian-Gregorian faith.[5] Alkhazov and his brothers attended the Armenian Church of St. Catherine on Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg, as evidenced by the entries in the church register of parishioners, where their patronymics were recorded as both Kaikhosrovich and Khristoforovich. According to the author of the book "Participation of Armenians in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878" V. G. Krbekyan, his religion testifies to the general's Armenian origin. According to his great-grandson, Georgy Alkhazov, who researched the family tree, the general was Armenian by nationality, but the family of his father, Kaikhosro Gavrilovich Alkhazov, lived in Georgia and received Georgian nobility.[7]
