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Alexander Drenteln
Alexander
Romanovich Drenteln
was a Russian
general
.
He held the
rank
of
General of the Infantry
, and held the positions of:
Adjutant General
of the H. I. M. Retinue,
Chief
of
Gendarmes
,
and the last
Executive
Head
of the
Third Section
of His
Imperial
Majesty's
Chancellery
.
On
March 25
,
1879
, he was the
target
of a
failed
assassination attempt
by
Russian nihilists
.
Awards
Order of
Saint Stanislaus
, 1st
class
, 1863
Order of
Saint Anna
, 1st class,
1868
