Alexander Drenteln

Alexander Romanovich Drenteln (Александр Романович Дрентельн) (1820-1888) was a Russian general.

He held the rank of General of the Infantry, and held the positions of:
 * Adjutant General of the H. I. M. Retinue,
 * Chief of Gendarmes,
 * the last Executive Head of the Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Chancellery (1878-1880),
 * Commander of the Odessa Military District (1880-1881).

On March 25, 1879, he was the target of a failed assassination attempt by Russian nihilists.

Awards

 * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1863
 * Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1868