Jan Pieter van Suchtelen

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Jan Pieter van Suchtelen, Count of Liikkala, Pyotr Kornilovich Suchtelen/Sukhtelen, was a Dutch-born general in the Russian army and diplomat who became best known in Finland as the commander of the siege of Sveaborg during the Russo-Swedish War (1808–1809), and in Sweden as Russian minister to Stockholm from 1810 until his death. In 1812 Suchtelen was the plenipotentiary for Russian Emperor Alexander I in Örebro where he negotiated and signed the Treaty of Örebro which brought to an end the Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812). In that treaty his titles included "general of engineers, quarter-master general, [and] member of the council of state".

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Battles (2)

• 1790

  Battle of Pardakoski–Kärnakoski

  Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790 · Russian Empire

• 1808

  Siege of Sveaborg

  Finnish War · Russia