Matvei Platov
Russian general
Count Matvei or Matvey Ivanovich Platov 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. Wikipedia
Born: August 1753, Starocherkasskaya, Russia
Died: January 15, 1818 (age 64 years), Taganrog, Russia
Children: Ivan Matveyevich Platov and Maria Matveevna Platova
Parents: Anna Platova and Ivan Platov
Spouse: Nadezhda Platova (m. 1777–1783)