Johann Martin von Elmpt
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| Born | 1725 Kleve, Rheinland, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 1802 (aged 76–77) Svitene Manor, Kreis Bauske, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of France Russian Empire
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| Service/branch | Imperial Russian Army |
| Years of service | 1749–1798 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Battles/wars |
Seven Years' War Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) |
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Seven Years' War
Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
Baron, later Count (1790) Ivan Karpovich Elmpt (Russian: Ива́н Ка́рпович Эльмпт, German: Johann-Martin von Elmpt; 1725 – 10 May [O.S. 28 April] 1802) was a Field Marshal of the Russian Empire. A German nobleman who entered the Russian service after first serving in France, he went on to command troops in many of the Empire's wars during the reign of Catherine the Great.
Born in Kleve and descended from a family of old German nobility, Ivan (Johann-Martin) was the son of Baron Kaspar von Elmpt (died 1730), and after receiving his initial education in his native town, he entered the service of the French Army. In 1749 he transferred into the Russian army at the rank of captain. He quickly advanced through the ranks, being promoted to Colonel on 25 December 1755.
Elmpt distinguished himself during the Prussian Campaigns of the Seven Years' War. He was appointed a brigadier, and then made a major-general on 2 April 1762. He served as quartermaster general for the field army, and performed a number of vital staff responsibilities, including the drawing up of military maps for Livonia and Courland, including plans for field camps and troop dispositions throughout the region. In 1763 he was awarded the Order of Saint Anna. With the formation of a field army in Glukhov under Pyotr Rumyantsev in 1768 to fight the Turks, Elmpt was made part of its command staff, but he transferred to another field army the following year.
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