Dmitry Mikhaylovich, Prince Golitsyn

Dmitry Mikhaylovich, Prince Golitsyn (born June 13 [June 3, old style], 1665, Russia—died April 25 [April 14, O.S.], 1737, St. Petersburg) was a Russian statesman who unsuccessfully tried to transform the Russian autocracy into a constitutional monarchy. Having been sent to Italy in 1697 by Tsar Peter I the Great to study “military affairs,” Golitsyn was appointed commander of an auxiliary corps (1704) to fight the Swedes during the Great Northern War. He later entered...