Melissino, Alexey Petrovich

ALEXEY PETROVICH MELISSINO, 1761-1813, son of general-from-artillery Pyotr Ivanovich, 10 years was recorded as a sergeant in the guard and 20 years, with the rank of captain, enlisted in the headquarters of the general-field-Zeichmeister. In 1788, during the Swedish war, he was instructed to prepare several hundred recruits for the artillery service, and for the successful execution of the assignment he was promoted to major. Moving in the same year, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, to the Sumy light-horse regiment, Melissino took part in the Turkish war and received George 4 degrees for his distinction during the assault on Izmail.

Colonel from 1795, he then transferred to the cavalry-grenadier regiment of the Military Order and on January 1, 1797 he was removed from service. After spending some time in retirement, he again entered the service in the Elizavetgrad hussar regiment and on January 1, 1801 was promoted to major general, with the appointment of the chief of the Mariupol hussar regiment. A year later, A.P. Melissino retired again, and in 1807, for the third time, he was accepted into the service and was instructed to form the Lubensky hussar regiment, whose chief he was appointed. During the Patriotic War of 1812, he and his regiment, being in the army of Tormasov, acted against the French in Belarus and deserved the golden opyzhie. The campaign of 1813 put an end to his glorious military activity: on August 15, during the battle of Dresden, Melissino, with two infantry regiments under his command that day, cut into the middle of the enemy square, but was mortally wounded by three bullets. Companions managed to take him away from the battlefield, Lubentsy, having learned about the fate of their chief, rode up without a command and laid many enemy officers and soldiers. Melissino was taken to the nearest tavern, where he died in the evening. His body was left there and then was not found. The widow erected a monument to him in Kulm.