Karl Gustav von Strandmann

Karl Gustav von Strandmann (Штрандман, Карл Густавович; 1786–1855) was a Russian German military officer, a general of the Imperial Russian Army.

Born in the Governorate of Livonia to Gustav Ernst von Strandmann, governor-general of Siberia and a general of infantry of the Russian Army, Karl Gustav von Strandmann joined the Page Corps at an early age. He did not graduate from it, however, as in 1803 he joined the Chevalier Guard Regiment to fight in the Napoleonic Wars.

After the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, he took part in suppressing the November Uprising in Poland and continued to serve in various command duties until his death in 1855.

Family
His son, Nikolai Karlovich Strandtman, was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Russian Army. Nikolai Karlovich Strandtman's son, Nikolai Nikolaevich Strandtman, later known as Nikon of Karoulia, was a military officer who later became an Orthodox monk and starets in Karoulia, Mount Athos.