Alexander Drenteln

Alexander Romanovich Drenteln (Russian: Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Дре́нтельн) (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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