title: Christopher Roop
text: # Christopher Roop
  
  Christopher Khristoforovich Roop (Russian, Христофор Христофорович Рооп; May 1, 1831 – 1917) was an Imperial Russian army officer. He was promoted to Polkovnik (colonel) in 1857, major general in 1863 and lieutenant general in 1871.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class, 1856
  * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1858
  * Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1862
  * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1865
  * Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1867
  * Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1874
  * Order of Saint George, 3rd degree, 1877
  * Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1883
  * Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, 1888
  * Order of Saint Vladimir, 1st class, 1899
  * Order of Saint Andrew, 1913
  