Aleksey Arakcheev
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Count Alexey Arakcheev (1769 – 1834 ) was an Imperial Russian general and statesman during the reign of Tsar Alexander I.
He served under Tsars Paul I and Alexander I as an army commander and Inspector of Artillery. He had a violent temper, but was a competent artillerist, and is known for his reforms of Russian artillery known as the "System of 1805". When Alexander was succeeded by Nicholas I, he lost all his offices.
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He definitely had some gifts useful in his military roles, but woe to anyone who crossed him- 😱