Iosif Igelström

Count Otto Heinrich Igelström (Swedish: Otto Henrik Igelström; Russian: Иосиф Андреевич Игельстром, romanized: Iosif Andreyevich Igelstrom; 7 May 1737 – 18 February 1823) was a Russian general from the noble Swedish family of Igelström. His significant military victory was the siege of the Akkerman fortress in 1770. During the impressive Warsaw Uprising of 1794 Igelström lost control of his eventually defeated forces.

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