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Count Valerian Aleksandrovich Zubov (Russian: Валериа́н Алекса́ндрович Зу́бов; 1771–1804) was a Russian general who led the Persian Expedition of 1796. His siblings included Platon Zubov and Olga Zherebtsova. As a young man Zubov had flattering prospects of a brilliant military career due to his brother ...
8 de nov. de 2020 · Count Valerian Aleksandrovich Zubov ( Russian: Валериа́н Алекса́ндрович Зу́бов; 1771–1804) was a Russian general who led the Persian Expedition of 1796. His siblings included Platon Zubov and Olga Zherebtsova.
The son of Aleksandr Zubov, Count Valerian Zubov was the youngest and most talented brother of Platon Zubov, one of Catherine the Great's favourites. He began his service in the Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment and was later transferred to the cavalry where he was made a cornet at the age of 17.
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Count Valerian Aleksandrovich Zubov (Russian: Валериан Александрович Зубов; 1771–1804) was a Russian general who led the Persian Expedition of 1796. His siblings included Platon Zubov and Olga Zherebtsova.
As a young man Zubov had flattering prospects of a brilliant military career due to his brother Platon's ascendancy at Catherine II's court. He was reputed by contemporaries as "the handsomest man in Russia". The legend has it that the aged Empress flirted with him, secretly from his brother. During her reign he was much lionized as a military hero of incredible valor. He was appointed General-Major and sent to assist Suvorov in quelling the Kościuszko Uprising in Poland, where he was said to treat both the Polish noblemen and their wives brazenly and "in the most lowly manner". During this stay in Poland, he married Teodor Lubomirski's granddaughter and lost his leg in a toy battle. Several months before Catherine's death, 24-year-old Zubov was invited to take charge of the army heading for Persia. The expedition, engineered by both Zubov brothers and aiming at the conquest of all Asia up to Tibet, was not successful. Zubov managed little beyond taking Derbent and was recalled to Russia in disgrace. Zubov's return from his luckless expedition occasioned an ode by Derzhavin, meditating on the fleeting nature of fortune and success.
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Count Valerian Aleksandrovich Zubov (1771–1804) was a Russian general who led the Persian Expedition of 1796. His siblings included Platon Zubov and Olga Zherebtsova. As a young man Zubov had flattering prospects of a brilliant military career due to his brother Platon's ascendancy at Catherine II's court.
Valerian Zubov (1771–1804), who while serving under Suvorov in Poland, married a Princess Lubomirska and lost his leg in a battle. At the time of Catherine's death in 1796 he was leading the Russian army in Persia.
Valerian Aleksandrovič Zubov ( San Petersburgo, 28 de noviembre de 1771 - San Petersburgo, 21 de junio de 1804) fue un general ruso. Entre los favoritos de la zarina Catalina II de Rusia , gracias al ascendiente de su hermano Platón sobre el soberano logró recorrer una carrera militar muy rápida y fructífera que lo llevó al rango de ...
