Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky also spelled as Nikolai Nikolaevich Muraviev-Amurskiy; Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Муравьёв-Аму́рский; August 23 1809 – November 30 1881 was a Russian general, statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan. The surname Muravyov has also been
Pavel Nikolayevich Milyukov Russian: Па́вел Никола́евич Милюко́в, IPA: ; 27 January 1859 – 31 March 1943 was a Russian historian and liberal politician. Milyukov was the founder, leader, and the most prominent member of the Constitutional Democratic party (known as the Kadets). In the Russian Provisional Government, he served as Foreign Minister, working to prevent Russia’s exit from the First World War.
Prince Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov Russian: Алекса́ндр Дани́лович Ме́ншиков, tr. Aleksándr Danílovič Ménšikov; 16 November 1673 – 23 November 1729 was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimus, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izhora (Duke of Ingria), Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke of Cosel. A highly appreciated associate and friend of Tsar Peter the Great, he
Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov Russian: Гео́ргий Евге́ньевич Львов; 2 November 1861 – 7/8 March 1925 was a Russian aristocrat, statesman and the first post-imperial prime minister of Russia, from 15 March to 20 July 1917. He was the last Muscovite and the last Rurikid head of the Russian state. Contents 1Pre-Revolution 2Later years 3Memorials 4Further reading 5Notes
François Jacques Le Fort also spelled Lefort Russian: Франц Яковлевич Лефорт, tr. Frants Yakovlevich Lefort; January 2(12), 1656 – March 2(12), 1699) was a Genevan-born Russian military figure of Huguenot origin, general admiral (1695), and close associate of Tsar Peter the Great. François Le Fort, born in Geneva, came from a merchant family. He began his military career in the Dutch army. In 1675 Le Fort arrived in Archangelsk in the company of
Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky /ˈkɛrənski, kəˈrɛnski/ KERR-ən-skee, kə-REN-skee; Russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ке́ренский, IPA: ; original spelling: Александръ Ѳедоровичъ Керенскій; 4 May 1881 – 11 June 1970 was a Russian lawyer and revolutionary who was a key political figure in the Russian Revolution of 1917. After the February Revolution of 1917, he joined the newly formed Russian Provisional Government, first as Minister of Justice, then
Ivan Logginovich Goremykin Russian: Ива́н Лóггинович Горемы́кин, Ivan Logginovič Goremykin; 8 November 1839 – 24 December 1917 was a conservative Russian politician who served as Prime Minister in 1906 and again from 1914 to 1916, during World War I. He was the last person to have the civil rank of Active Privy Councillor, 1st class. Contents
Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Горчако́в; 15 July 1798 – 11 March 1883 was a Russian diplomat and statesman from the Gorchakov princely family. He has an enduring reputation as one of the most influential and respected diplomats of the mid-19th century. Scholars agree that the termination of the demilitarisation of the Black Sea was Gorchakov’s greatest accomplishment but
Count Feodor Alekseyevich Golovin (Фёдор Алексеевич Головин; 1650 – 10 Aug [O.S. 30 July] 1706) was the last Russian boyar and the first Chancellor of the Russian Empire, field marshal, general admiral (1700). Until his death he was the most influential of Peter the Great’s associates. Golovin stemmed from the family of Russian treasurers of Byzantine Greek descent. During the regency of Sophia Alekseyevna, sister of Peter the Great, he
Prince Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn Russian: Василий Васильевич Голицын, tr. Vasilij Vasil’evič Golicyn; 1643–1714 was a Russian aristocrat and statesman of the 17th century. He belonged to the Golitsyn as well as Romodanovsky Muscovite noble families and his main political opponent was his cousin Prince Boris Alexeyevich Golitsyn. Life Golitsyn spent his early days at the court of Tsar Aleksey Mikhailovich (reigned