Portrait of von Agthe from the workshop of George Dawe (Military Gallery, Hermitage Museum).
Adam Georg von Agthe (12 August 1777, Ahrensburg, now Kuressaare in Estonia – 26 August 1826, Kremenchuk, now in Ukraine) was a major general in the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He was also known by his Russian name Igor Andreevich Ahte (Russian: Егор Андреевич Ахте).
He was born into an Estonian noble family. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1796. He fought at the battle of Austerlitz in 1805, receiving a medal for distinction, and fought in the Russo-Turkish War between 1806 and 1811. He was awarded the Order of St George 4th class on 10 March 1812 for the capture of Batina[1] and also fought at the battle of Borodino.[2] He was promoted to major general after the battle of Leipzig in 1813, but was invalided out of the army on 15 April 1816 due to several injuries.
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- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20131030215748/http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/Persons/Slovar/sl_a03.html. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ↑ http://www.brdn.ru/person/3.html
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