Dmitry Lobanov-Rostovsky

{{Short description|Russian general and administrator}} {{Infobox military person | name = Dimitri Ivanovich Lobanov-Rostovsky | image = Lobanov-Rostovsky Dmitry Ivanivch.jpg | caption = | birth_date = 20 September 1758 | death_date = 25 July 1838 | burial_label = | burial_place = | birth_place = [[Moscow]] | death_place = [[Saint Petersburg]] | burial_coordinates =  | nickname = | allegiance = [[Imperial Russia]] | branch = [[Infantry]] | service_years = 1779–1827 (with breaks) | rank = [[General|General of Infantry]] | unit = | commands = | battles = | awards = | relations = | other_work = }}

Prince '''Dmitry Ivanovich Lobanov-Rostovsky''' ({{langx|ru|Дми́трий Ива́нович Лоба́нов-Росто́вский}}; 20 September 1758 – 25/26 July 1838) was a Russian general and statesman.<ref>His name is also translated as '''Dimitry Lobanoff van Rostoff''' and '''Dimitri Lobanoff de Rostoff'''</ref><ref>[https://www.encspb.ru/en/article.php?kod=2804019869 Lobanov-Rostovsky D.I. (1758-1838), statesman], [http://www.encspb.ru/en/static.php?section=about The Encyclopaedia of St. Petersburg], cites Длуголенский Я. Н. Военно-гражданская и полицейская власть Санкт-Петербурга, 1703-1917. СПб., 2001. С. 97-99.</ref> He stemmed from the [[Lobanov-Rostovsky]] family.

== Biography == After Russia's defeat at [[Battle of Friedland|Friedland]] on 14 June 1807, Russia asked for an armistice, which Lobanov-Rostovsky signed on Russia's behalf on 30 June 1807 (with marshal [[Louis-Alexandre Berthier]] signing for France).{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}

With prince [[Alexander Kurakin]], he participated in the following negotiations and was one of the plenipotentiaries who signed of the [[Treaty of Tilsit]] on 7 July 1807, on behalf of the Tzar.<ref>''The Annual Register'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=iXMEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA718&dq=augustus++Goltz+Tilsit&lr=#PRA1-PA720, M1 720-724]</ref><ref>His titles in the Treaty of Tilsit were given as "lieutenant-general of the armies of his majesty the emperor of all the Russias; knight of the first class of the order of St. Anne, of the military order of St. Joris, and of the third class of the order of Wolodimir." (''The Annual Register'' p. 720)</ref>

== Career == From 12 January 1808 to 12 February 1809 Rostovsky was [[Saint Petersburg Governorate|governor]] of [[Saint Petersburg]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://whp057.narod.ru/lenin.htm |title=List of rulers |access-date=2009-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718112853/http://whp057.narod.ru/lenin.htm |archive-date=2011-07-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From 1810 Since December 1810 Rostovsky was the Livonian, Estland and Kurland governor-general and the Riga military governor, taking over from [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden|Friedrich von Buxhoeveden]], until 1812, when he himself was replaced [[Philip Osipovich Paulucci|Philip Paulucci]] at the beginning of the 1812 war.

Under Rostovsky governorship Riga garrison was strengthened and the [[Daugavgrīvas fortress]] was rebuilt. He was [[List of Justice Ministers of Imperial Russia|minister of justice]] from 25 August 1817 to 18 October 1827.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}

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==References== *Edition 1809, ''[[The Annual Register]], Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1807'', James Dodsley.

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