Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Burkhard Christoph von Münnich

Russian general

Date of Birth: 09-May-1683

Place of Birth: Berne, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 16-Oct-1767

Profession: military personnel, engineer, politician, military officer

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Burkhard Christoph Graf von Münnich (????????´? ????´????? ?????, tr.
Khristófor Antónovich Minikh; 19 May [O.S.
9] 1683 – 27 October [O.S.
16] 1767) was a German general who became a field marshal and political figure in the Russian Empire.
He was the major Russian Army reformer and founder of several elite military formations during the reign of Anna of Russia.
As a statesman, he is regarded as the founder of Russian Philhellenism.
Münnich also was a hereditary engineer and a specialist in hydrotechnology.
He had the grade of count of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.