Otto Egorovich von Rauch

Otton Egorovich Rauch was a Russian Lieutenant general was most notable for his participation in the Russo-Turkish War. Biography Rauch descended from the nobility of the Governorate of Estonia and was born on January 16, 1834. He was admitted to the 2nd grade of the Saint Peter's School in the summer of 1844 . Then he studied at the School of Guards Ensigns and Cavalry Junkers. He was released on August 7, 1851, to serve as an ensign in the Preobrazhensky Regiment, from where two years later he entered the Imperial Military Academy with the rank of lieutenant, the course in which he graduated in 1855 and, having received the rank of staff captain for excellent success in the sciences, was appointed to serve in the General Staff of the Guards, where for 25 years and held various positions. From 1857 to 1865 he was a divisional quartermaster in the cavalry and infantry divisions of the guards corps, and also held the post of chief quartermaster of the Separate Grenadier Corps, in 1862 he was promoted to colonel, then at the disposal of the Minister of War and Quartermaster General of His Imperial Majesty's staff, and in 1865 G. was appointed chief of staff of the head of the military ground unit in Kronstadt.