Ivan Fyodorovich Emme

Ivan Fyodorovich Emme
Ivan Fyodorovich Emme
Born	25 July 1763
Died	12 September 1839; Moscow, Russia
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands held	Pavlovsky Regiment
Battles/wars	Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) Napoleonic War War of the Second Coalition; French invasion of Russia Siege of Riga (1812); ; War of the Sixth Coalition;

Ivan Fyodorovich Emme (Russian: Иван Фёдорович Эмме; 1763–1839) was a Russian lieutenant general in the Napoleonic Wars. He commanded the city defences at the Siege of Riga in 1812 and successfully repulsed Marshal Jacques MacDonald's invading forces.

References

A. M. Gorshman. "ЭММЕ, Иван Федорович, генерал-лейтенант." In N. Mikhailovka, ed. Словарь русских генералов, участников боевых действий против армии Наполеона Бонапарта в 1812—1815 гг., vol. 7, pp. 626–627. Russian Archives, 1996. (in Russian)

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