Count Matvei Ivanovich Platov (August 6, 1751 – January 3, 1818) was a Russian general who commanded the Don Cossacks in the Napoleonic wars and founded Novocherkassk as the new capital of the Don Host Province.
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19 August 1757 Russia
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Died |
3 January 1818 (aged 60) Taganrog, Russia
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Zodiac | Leo |
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