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The Platov family (Russian: Платов) was the name of a Russian noble family of Greek descent.[1][2] The family's name is a Russification of the Greek name "Platon" (Greek: Πλάτων).[2]
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Notable members
- Matvei Platov (1751–1818), was born in Starocherkassk. Was a general who commanded the Don Cossacks in the Napoleonic wars,[3] upon Alexander I's accession to the throne, he was appointed Ataman of the Don Cossacks. In 1805, he ordered the Cossack capital to be moved from Starocherkassk to a new location, known as Novocherkassk. Count of the Russian Empire in 1812. Platov later accompanied emperor Alexander to London where he was awarded a golden sword and an honorary degree in Law by the University of Oxford (1814).
- Ivan Platov II (1796-1874). Youngest of Matvei Platovs sons. Colonel of Don Cossacks in Napoleonic Wars.
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