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    Burkhard Christoph Graf von Münnich (Христофо́р Анто́нович Миних, tr. Khristofor (Christofor) Antonovich Minikh; 19 May [O.S. 9] 1683 – 27 October [O...
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  • Münnich is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (1683 – 1767), German nobleman and general in the...
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    Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39) in which the Russian army, led by Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, captured the Ottoman fortress of Ochakov. It took place in...
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  • Russia, where he served until the fall of his patron Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich put an end to his prospects of advancement. In 1742 he went...
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    exiled the most unpopular of them, including Andrey Osterman and Burkhard Christoph von Münnich. She passed down several pieces of legislation that undid much...
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    staying until the Russian war against the Turks under General Burkhard Christoph von Münnich. In 1740, Steuben's father returned to Prussia and Friedrich...
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  • was a German actor. Ackermann first accompanied field marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich on his travels and in battles. Born in Schwerin, he first entered...
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    of the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739). Russian field marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (known in Russia as Minikh) successfully stormed the fortifications...
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    took part in the 1734 Siege of Danzig led by Feldmarschall Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, he marched against French troops up to the Rhine in 1735 and...
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    only completed in 1736, under supervision of Field-Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich. The new building was gutted by a fire in 1737, and only restored...
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    catastrophic fires. To rebuild the damaged boroughs, a committee under Burkhard Christoph von Münnich commissioned a new plan in 1737. The city was divided into five...
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    000 men and 250 cannons) under the command of Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich approached Stavuchany, where the Ottoman army (80,000 to 90...
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  • Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39). In 1738, under the leadership of Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, the Russian Empire organized the Bender Expedition. This initiative...
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    The siege began in October 1734. On 17 March 1735, Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich superseded Peter Lacy, and on 20 May 1735 the long-expected...
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    Ulrika von Münnich von Vietinghoff-Scheel, was herself born into nobility. Her grandfather, the famed Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, despite...
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    Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Russian field marshal, reformer of the Imperial Russian Army Peter von Lacy, Russian field marshal Franz Moritz von Lacy...
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    originally built for the Mniszech family in 1714. It was designed by Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, the General-Architect in the service of the King Augustus II...
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    resentment among Russian-speaking officers. He was a protégé of Burkhard Christoph von Münnich. In 1757 Fermor led a Russian force that captured Memel in East...
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    executive in the management body: Herman Jensen Bohn (1727—1731) Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (1731—1732) Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin (1742—?) Zakhar Chernyshev...
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  • Maria Josepha of Austria (b. 1751) (smallpox) October 16 – Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Russian military leader (b. 1683) October 26 – Harry Pulteney...
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  • Mikhail Golitsyn 1728–30 Prince Vasiliy Dolgorukov 1730–31 Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich 1732–41 Prince Nikita Trubetskoy 1760–63 Count Zakhar Chernyshev...
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    besieged and taken by the Russians on four occasions: in 1739 by Burkhard Christoph von Munnich, in 1769 by Prince Alexander Galitzine, in 1788 by Prince Josias...
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    Mitchell Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Nikolay Mordvinov (admiral) Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg Arkady Morkov Burkhard Christoph von Münnich Joachim Murat...
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    Russian-Saxon army that came under the overall command of Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich. Danzig capitulated in June 1734, and Stanisław was forced to...
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    1667–1746 1732 Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich 1683–1767 1736 Count Peter von Lacy 1678–1751 1742 Prince Ludwig Gruno von Hesse-Homburg 1705–1745...
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    and the Turks in 1736-1737, but now under command of Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich. He was awarded with the rank of General-Feldzeugmeister and...
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    correspondence and exchange of envoys with the Russian Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, with John Bell, the secretary of the British embassy in St...
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    order to assist the Prussian army under Generalfeldmarschall Burkhard Christoph von Münnich. He became a Russian first lieutenant at once and, from 1732...
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    Walhalla (memorial) (category Leo von Klenze buildings)
    Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf – religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church (Tieck, 1818) 123. Burkhard Christoph von Münnich – German field...
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    Denmark, Louis Robert Hyppolite de Bréhan, Count Plélo. On 17 March Marshal Münnich arrived with reinforcements – 15,000 soldiers (raising the total size of...
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