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Alexander Drenteln
Native name	Александр Романович Дрентельн
Born	1820
Died	1888
Allegiance	Russian
Rank	General
Commands	Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Chancellery
Awards	Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov)

Alexander Romanovich Drenteln (Russian: Александр Романович Дрентельн) (1820-1888) was a Russian general.^[1]

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.^[2]

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