John B. Turchin
| Ivan Turchin | |
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Ivan Vasilyevich Turchaninov
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| Birth name | Ivan Vasilyevich Turchaninov |
| Born |
January 30, 1822 Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | June 18, 1901 (aged 79) Anna, Illinois |
| Place of burial | Mound City National Cemetery, Mound City, Illinois |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
Imperial Russian Army United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1843–1856 (Imperial Russian Army) 1861–1864 (USA) |
| Rank |
Colonel (Imperial Russian Army) Brigadier General (U.S. Army) |
| Battles/wars |
Crimean War American Civil War |
Ivan Vasyliovych Turchin (Ukrainian: Ivan Vasyliovych Turchin; December 24, 1822 – June 18, 1901) better known by his Anglicised name of John Basil Turchin, was a Union army brigadier general in the American Civil War. He led two critical charges that saved the day at Chickamauga and was among the first to lead soldiers up Missionary Ridge.
Ivan Turchin was born on December 24, 1822 or January 30, 1822 into a Don Cossack family of Ukrainian ancestry in the Russian Empire. He entered the Russian Army in 1843, and graduated from the Imperial Military School in St. Petersburg in 1852. His father was a major in the Imperial Russian Army, which allowed him to gain entry into schools that led to his eventual commission to military service. He later served as a Colonel of Staff in the Russian Guards and fought in Hungary and in the Crimean War. While serving as a lieutenant, he took part in the Russian campaign to help the Austrian Empire suppress the Hungarian Revolution in 1848. Following his graduation, Turchininoff acquired a post on the staff of Imperial Guards in St. Petersburg, under the command of Count F.V. Rudiger. In May 1856, he married Nadezhda Lvov, the daughter of his commanding officer. Later that year, he and his wife immigrated to the United States, where he eventually settled in Chicago and worked for the Illinois Central Railroad.
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