PASKEVITCH, IVAN FEODORO 'ITCH, Count of Erivan, Prince of Warsaw ( 1782 1856). A Russian field-marshal, born at Poltava. Ile belonged to a Polish family, was a page of the Emperor Paul, and, entering the army in 1800, served in the campaign of Austerlitz. He fought subsequently against the Turks. He was also actively engaged in the campaign of 1812, was present at the battle of Leipzig in 1813, and par ticipated in the conflicts under the walls of Paris. In 1826 lie gained a great victory over the Persians under Abbas Mirza at Yelizavetpol and in the following year conquered Persian Armenia and captured Erivan. He obtained for Russia the advantageous Peace of Turkinantchai (1828). For these services he was created Count of Erivan. In 1828 and 1S29 he made two cam paigns against the Turks in Asia, taking Kars, Erzerum, and other important places. In 1831 Paskevitell, now a field-marshal, succeeded Die bitseh as commander of the Russian forces iu Poland; he put an end to the revolt within three months after his appointment, taking War saw after a desperate resistance, September 8, 1831. He was made Governor-General of Poland,
and such was the vigor and severity of his rule that the eventful year of 1848 palsed without any attempt at revolution. When Russian inter vention in Hungary had been resolved upon in 1849, Paskeviteli marched into that country at the head of 200.000 men. The Hungarian main army, unable to make head against the double foe, laid down its arms at Vihigos. August 13th. In 1854 Paskevitch took the command of the Russian army on the Danube; but after an un successful siege of Silistria he resigned his com mand and retired to Warsaw, where he died, February 13, 1856. •