Georg Andreas von Rosen

Baron Georg Andreas von Rosen (Grigory Vladimirovich Rosen; Russian: Григорий Владимирович Розен, romanized: Grigoriy Vladimirovich Rozen; 1782–1841) was a general of the Russian Imperial Army who served as (de facto) Viceroy of the Caucasus from 1831 to 1837.

A baron (Freiherr) of Baltic German ancestry (his father's name was Vladimir Ivanovich Rosen [ru] and his mother was Olimpiada Fyodorovna Raevskaya[1]), he was formally enlisted in the army at the age of seven.

He was thrust into prominence by the Uprising of 1831, participated at Wawer, and acted decisively at Grochów, winning the Czar's admiration; but Rosen was then defeated at Iganie and at Międzyrzec Podlaski.

In 1831, he succeeded Ivan Paskevich as commander in chief of the Caucasus Army and remained in charge of the vast area stretching from Astrakhan to Yerevan (including all of Georgia) until 1837.

In this capacity he neutralized the 1832 Georgian plot and eliminated the threat of Ghazi Muhammad (whom he besieged at his native village of Gimry).