ADJUTANT GENERAL OF PETER III – KARL KARLOVICH UNGERN-STERNBERG

Abstract

The article characterizes the activities of Baron Karl Karlovich von Ungern-Sternberg as a cadet, then officer of the Land gentry cadet corps ofSt. Petersburg, the adjutant General of Peter III, General of the Russian army during the reign of Catherine II. Special emphasis is placed on the analysis of the causes of simultaneous favor of Peter III and Catherine II to Ungern-Sternberg. The paper presents new material on the relationship of Ungern-Sternberg as Governor of St. Petersburg and Catherine II. Clarified the participation of Ungern-Sternberg in the Masonic movement.

Keywords

• ungern-sternberg, peter iii, catherine ii, russian court, freemasonry