Russian General, married to Natalie Marie Elisabeth von Benkendorff.
He was buried in a vault in Section II. The section was secularized and the New Grassi museum was built on it. The inscription of his gravestone was as follows:
Hier ruht der kaiserliche Russ. General-Leutnant v. Schewitsch, geblieben den 4/16. October 1813 bei der großen Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig. Gewidmet von seiner Gemahlin geb. Benkendorf
Aux manes de Jean de Schewitsch, Lieutenant-Genéral des Armées d. S. M. L'empereur de toutes les Russies, mort au champ d'honneur le 4/16. Oct. 1813 à la bataille de Leipsick, ce monument lui fut érigé par son épouse Marie de Schewitsch .
The same inscription was also written in russian.
(Here rests the royal russian general-lieutenant John of Schewitsch, died at the field of honour on 4/16 Oct 1813 in the great battle of the nations at Leipzig. The monument was dedicated by his wife Marie of Benkendorf)
He and Kudachev where exhumed on July 10th, 1867 and reburied on New St John's cemetery. Today they rest at the Russian Memorial church.
He was buried in a vault in Section II. The section was secularized and the New Grassi museum was built on it. The inscription of his gravestone was as follows:
Hier ruht der kaiserliche Russ. General-Leutnant v. Schewitsch, geblieben den 4/16. October 1813 bei der großen Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig. Gewidmet von seiner Gemahlin geb. Benkendorf
Aux manes de Jean de Schewitsch, Lieutenant-Genéral des Armées d. S. M. L'empereur de toutes les Russies, mort au champ d'honneur le 4/16. Oct. 1813 à la bataille de Leipsick, ce monument lui fut érigé par son épouse Marie de Schewitsch .
The same inscription was also written in russian.
(Here rests the royal russian general-lieutenant John of Schewitsch, died at the field of honour on 4/16 Oct 1813 in the great battle of the nations at Leipzig. The monument was dedicated by his wife Marie of Benkendorf)
He and Kudachev where exhumed on July 10th, 1867 and reburied on New St John's cemetery. Today they rest at the Russian Memorial church.
Russian General, married to Natalie Marie Elisabeth von Benkendorff.
He was buried in a vault in Section II. The section was secularized and the New Grassi museum was built on it. The inscription of his gravestone was as follows:
Hier ruht der kaiserliche Russ. General-Leutnant v. Schewitsch, geblieben den 4/16. October 1813 bei der großen Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig. Gewidmet von seiner Gemahlin geb. Benkendorf
Aux manes de Jean de Schewitsch, Lieutenant-Genéral des Armées d. S. M. L'empereur de toutes les Russies, mort au champ d'honneur le 4/16. Oct. 1813 à la bataille de Leipsick, ce monument lui fut érigé par son épouse Marie de Schewitsch .
The same inscription was also written in russian.
(Here rests the royal russian general-lieutenant John of Schewitsch, died at the field of honour on 4/16 Oct 1813 in the great battle of the nations at Leipzig. The monument was dedicated by his wife Marie of Benkendorf)
He and Kudachev where exhumed on July 10th, 1867 and reburied on New St John's cemetery. Today they rest at the Russian Memorial church.
He was buried in a vault in Section II. The section was secularized and the New Grassi museum was built on it. The inscription of his gravestone was as follows:
Hier ruht der kaiserliche Russ. General-Leutnant v. Schewitsch, geblieben den 4/16. October 1813 bei der großen Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig. Gewidmet von seiner Gemahlin geb. Benkendorf
Aux manes de Jean de Schewitsch, Lieutenant-Genéral des Armées d. S. M. L'empereur de toutes les Russies, mort au champ d'honneur le 4/16. Oct. 1813 à la bataille de Leipsick, ce monument lui fut érigé par son épouse Marie de Schewitsch .
The same inscription was also written in russian.
(Here rests the royal russian general-lieutenant John of Schewitsch, died at the field of honour on 4/16 Oct 1813 in the great battle of the nations at Leipzig. The monument was dedicated by his wife Marie of Benkendorf)
He and Kudachev where exhumed on July 10th, 1867 and reburied on New St John's cemetery. Today they rest at the Russian Memorial church.
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