Please answer the following question: Facts:   - caption: studio winter palace , hermitage museum -lrb- st. petersburg -rrb- of george dawe , military gallery of the    - battles: battle of friedland , patriotic war of 1812    - death date: 20 july or 23 august 1813    - allegiance: russian empire      - awards: order of st george , 4th degree    - birth date: 30 september 1759    - name: ivan nikolaevich essen -lrb- magnus gustav von essen -rrb-    - image: essen ivan n.jpg    - birth place: kalvi , governorate of estonia , russian empire    - rank: lieutenant general   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ivan essen .
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ivan nikolaevich essen -lrb- ; 30 september 1759 -- 20 july or 23 august 1813 -rrb- was a russian lieutenant general and military governor of riga at the start of the patriotic war of 1812 .