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A memorial plaque in honor of one of the officers of the Russian army, who was wounded during the capture of Paris during the war with Napoleon, was installed in the French city of Jouy-en-Josas. The grand opening ceremony took place on May 25. This is one of the very rare memorials from that historical period, erected in France with the participation of the Memoire Russe association.
The memorial sign perpetuates the history of Staff Captain Pavel Petrov. In the spring of 1814, troops under the command of Emperor Alexander the First laid siege to Paris. Then the mayor of the city asked the Russian general of French origin Alexander Langeron to take the city under the protection of the Russian army. The Life Guards Cavalry Regiment was stationed there. After the fall of Paris, several wounded officers remained in the city. Among them were the Petrov brothers, natives of Tambov. One of them died of his wounds and was buried in the city.
Later, the tombstone of the officer was found by Prince Alexander Trubetskoy. With the help of members of the city's historical society, it was installed approximately in the place where the grave was. Members of the Memoire Russe Association have strengthened the tombstone and erected a memorial plaque. The inscription from the tombstone was reproduced on it in Russian and in French.
The funeral service was attended by a descendant of the family in which the Petrov brothers were being treated. Father Joseph from the Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral in Paris served a panikhida.
Russkiy Mir
