Roman Bagration

Roman Bagration was a Russian general and prince of Georgian origin, a brother of Pyotr Bagration, a notable Russian commander during the Napoleonic Wars. He began his military career as a Cossack NCO and participated in the Persian Expedition of 1796. He fought against Napoleonic France in the War of the Third Coalition and the War of the Fourth Coalition. He volunteered in the Danube Army and took part in the war against the Ottoman Empire. During Napoleon's invasion of Russia, he served in the 3rd Western Army and fought in several battles. He was wounded at the Battle of Bautzen and received the rank of major general. He was then present at the sieges of Dresden, Hamburg, and Harburg. In the 1820s, he served in the Caucasus and took part in the wars against Turkey and Persia. He played a prominent role in the storming of Erivan, a Persian-held city of Armenia, in 1827 and was elevated to the rank of lieutenant general in 1829. He settled in Tiflis where his mansion was frequented by the local elites and housed the first public performance of Woe from Wit, a play by Alexander Griboyedov, in which Bagration played the role of Colonel Skalozub. In 1832, he was sent to Abkhazia where he became ill of fever and died in Tiflis. He is buried at St. David Church, Tbilisi, Georgia.