Background
Luka Denisiev was born in 1762 in a noble family.
military commander, major general
Luka Denisiev was born in 1762 in a noble family.
He joined the military mission in 1773 in the Labe-Guards Preobrazhensky regiment. Participated in the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-1790, the Polish operations of 1792 and 1794. Commander of the Chernigov cuirassier (1799-1801), Chernigov dragoons (1803), Novorossi dragoons (1803-1806) regiments. Chief of the Seversky Dragoon Regiment. Participant of the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-1812, commander of the 19th Cavalry Brigade in the Patriotic War of 1812, was in the foreign campaigns of the Russian army in 1813-1814. Since 1816, retired. Lived in his estate in the Zadonsky uezd.