• Count
Anton Bogdanovich de Balmen (
Russian: Антон Богданович де Бальмен) was a
Russian Empire general of
Scottish origin, Governor-General of
Kursk and
Oryol, commander of the
Russian Caucasian corps. • Count
Jakov Petrovich de Balmen (; 16 June 1813 – 14 July 1845) was a
Russian Army cavalry officer,
adjutant of general
Alexander von Lüders and painter, student of
Karl Rabus. After early graduation he was
commissioned as an adjutant in the Belgorod Lancers and after that moved to the 12th Akhtyrsky
Hussar regiment, serving in Austria, Hungary and on the Polish frontier, where he again became known for his
horsemanship and was promoted to
senior lieutenant. Jakov de Balmen was killed at the
Battle of Dargo in 1845. Ukrainian romantic poet
Taras Shevchenko decided his poet
The Caucasus to his friend while condemning the
Russian imperialism he was serving at the time of his death. == References ==