Alexander Drenteln

Alexander Romanovich Drenteln () (1820–1888) was a Russian general.

He held the rank of General of the Infantry, and held the positions of:

• Adjutant General of the H. I. M. Retinue,
• Chief of Gendarmes,
• the last Executive Head of the Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Chancellery (1878–1880),
• Commander of the Odessa Military District (1880–1881).

On March 25, 1879, he was the target of a failed assassination attempt by Russian nihilists.

Awards

• Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1863
• Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1868

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