| Alexander Leslie of Auchintoul | |
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| Died | 1663 |
| Place of death | Smolensk, Russia |
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| Rank |
Colonel (Swedish Army) General (Russia) |
| Battles/wars | Smolensk War, Siege of Smolensk (1654), Russo-Polish War (1654–1667), Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658), Siege of Riga (1656) |
| Relations | Clan Leslie, Leslie of Smolensk |
Alexander Leslie of Auchintoul (/? – 1663) was a Scottish soldier in Swedish and Russian service.
Military career[]
During the audience by king Michael I of Russia as a member of Swedish mission in Russia he gave a petition for military service in Russia in January 1630. Since March 1630 Colonel Leslie in Russian service. He subsequently advanced to the rank of a Russian General and was commander of Russian forces during the Siege of Smolensk (1654), one of the first great events of the Russo-Polish War (1654–67). He was descended from clan Leslie of Auchintoul. He was the owner of Gerchikovo manor and was the voivode of Smolensk.[1] In cooperation with Boyar Boris Morozov worked on reform of New Russian Army. Converted to Ortodoxy in September 1652, his Gods father was Prince Ilya Miloslavsky, after that act he received 23 000 silver rubles. After capitulation of Mikhail Shein in Siege of Smolensk (1609–11) to Poles his regiment was the only that leave the battle with flags and arms.[2]
Family[]
Had two sons, Yakov Aleksandrovich and Fedor Avraamievich (?-1695), commander of Belgorodski Regiment. Family of Leslies had several generals during Great Northern War, War of the Polish Succession and Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)
See also[]
- Clan Leslie
- Scotland and the Thirty Years' War
References[]
- ↑ Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699, University of Aberdeen website]
- ↑ Sergey Solovyov History of Russia from the Earliest Times, ISBN 5-17-002142-9 [1] (in Russian), II
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