Alexander von Güldenstubbe



Magnus Alexander Ludwig von Güldenstubbe (Александр Иванович Гильденштуббе, tr. Aleksandr Ivanovich Gilʹdenshtubbe; 7 January 1801 – 23 April 1884) was an Baltic German general of the Imperial Russian Army and commanded the Moscow Military District from 1864 to 1879. He participated in November Uprising in Poland and the Crimean War.

Origin
Güldenstubbe was born on 7 January 1801 (27 December 1800 according to the Julian calendar at use in Russia at the time) in the family estate in Karmel (present-day Kaarma, Estonia), the seventh child of Johann Gustav von Güldenstubbe and Johanna Luise von Ekesparre (de). He was from the Baltic German and Swedish Güldenstubbe family (de), which was originally named Knutzen (or Knutson) and originated from either Holstein or Denmark.

Awards

 * RUS Imperial Order of Saint Vladimir ribbon.svg Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class (1837)
 * RUS Imperial Order of Saint Vladimir ribbon.svg Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class (1845)
 * OrderStGeorge4cl rib.png Order of St. George, 4th class (1847)
 * RUS Imperial Order of Saint Stanislaus ribbon.svg Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st class (1848)
 * RUS Imperial Order of Saint Anna ribbon.svg Order of St. Anna, 1st class (1849)
 * RUS Imperial Order of Saint Vladimir ribbon.svg Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class (1855)
 * RUS Imperial Order of the White Eagle ribbon.svg Order of the White Eagle (1856)
 * RUS Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky ribbon.svg Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1863)
 * RUS Imperial Order of Saint Vladimir ribbon.svg Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class (1872)
 * RUS Imperial Order of Saint Andrew ribbon.svg Order of St. Andrew (1875)