Гладышев, Евграф Иванович
1780–1855 (age 75)
Biography
Evgraf Ivanovich Gladyshev (1780–1855) served as a military officer in the Russian armed forces during a period of significant national expansion and conflict. His career spanned the Napoleonic Wars and the subsequent consolidation of Russian military power under Nicholas I.
Based in Ufa, a strategic city in the Volga region, Gladyshev represented the professional military class that helped maintain Russian imperial authority across diverse territories. His long life witnessed the transformation of Russian military institutions and the empire's growing influence in European and Asian affairs.