Vasili Bebutov

Weapons: Gold Sword for Bravery Vasili Osipovich Bebutov (Armenian: Վասիլ Բեհբութով, Russian: Василий Осипович Бебутов, romanized: Vasiliy Osipovich Bebutov) (1 January 1791 – 7 April 1858) was an Imperial Russian general and a member of an Armenian noble family of Bebutashvili/Bebutov.

Since 1816 he was Adjutant General of the H. I. M. Retinue and served with A. P. Yermolov.

During the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29 he participated in the takeover of Akhaltsikhe and commanded the defense thereof against an attempt by Ahmed Pasha of Adjara to recapture it for the Ottomans.

He was awarded the Order of Saint George of the second degree on 6 December 1853 for his services after he defeated the Ottomans in the battle of Başgedikler during the Crimean War.

Prince Bebutoff was appointed the Russian Commander-in-Chief in Asia in 1855, replacing General Mouravieff.