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Georg von Rosen (Russian: Григорий Владимирович Розен; 1782–1841) was a Baltic German military officer, a general of the Russian Imperial Army.

A baron of Baltic German ancestry, he joined the army at the age of seven. He took part in the Napoleonic Wars, the Finnish War, fought at Borodino and served with Russian forces all the way to Paris. Promoted to Major General in 1809, he quickly rose through the ranks and in 1826 was promoted to a full general of infantry rank. Designated the commanding officer of the 6th Lithuanian Corps in 1827, he took part in the fights of the November Uprising. After that, he succeeded Ivan Paskevich as commander in chief of the Caucasus. He died in Moscow.

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-'''Georg von Rosen''' ({{lang-ru|Григорий Владимирович Розен}}; 1782–1841) was a Baltic German military officer, a general of the Russian Imperial Army. A [[baron]] of Baltic German ancestry, he joined the army at the age of seven. He took part in the [[Napoleonic Wars]], the [[Finnish War]], fought [[battle of Borodino|at Borodino]] and served with Russian forces all the way to Paris. Promoted to Major General in 1809, he quickly rose through the ranks and in 1826 was promoted to a full general of infantry rank. Designated the commanding officer of the 6th Lithuanian Corps in 1827, he took part in the fights of the [[November Uprising]]. After that, he succeeded [[Ivan Paskevich]] as commander in chief of the [[Caucasus]]. He died in Moscow.
+'''Georg von Rosen''' ({{lang-ru|Григорий Владимирович Розен}}; 1782–1841) was a Baltic German military officer, a general of the Russian Imperial Army.
+A [[baron]] of Baltic German ancestry, he joined the army at the age of seven. He took part in the [[Napoleonic Wars]], the [[Finnish War]], fought [[battle of Borodino|at Borodino]] and served with Russian forces all the way to Paris. Promoted to Major General in 1809, he quickly rose through the ranks and in 1826 was promoted to a full general of infantry rank. Designated the commanding officer of the 6th Lithuanian Corps in 1827, he took part in the fights of the [[November Uprising]]. After that, he succeeded [[Ivan Paskevich]] as commander in chief of the [[Caucasus]]. He died in Moscow.
-Georg Andreas von Rosen worked with another German officer in the Russian army named [[Grigory Zass]] during the genocide against the Circassians. Zass wrote letters to Rosen proudly admitting he ordered Cossacks to slaughter Circassian civilians.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Capobianco |first1=Michael |title=Blood on the Shore: The Circassian Genocide |website=Caucasus Forum|url=http://caucasusforum.org/2012/10/13/blood-on-the-shore-the-circassian-genocide/ |date=10-13-12}}</ref> Russia was ruled by Tsars from the German [[House_of_Romanov#House_of_Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov|House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov]] and military officer ranks were filled with Germans from the [[Baltic German nobility]].
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