Dmitry Sergeyevich Dokhturov

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(1759-1816) Dmitry Sergeyevich Dokhturov, a prominent Russian military commander, was born on 12 September 1759 to a Russian noble family from the Tula gubernia (province). He began service at the imperial court, becoming a page in 1771 and a kamer page in 1775. Dokhturov enlisted as a lieutenant in the Life Guard Preobrazhensky Regiment on 17 April 1781, becoming lieutenant…

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