Prince Mikhail Dmitriyevich Gorchakov

Prince Mikhail Dmitriyevich Gorchakov (born 1793—died May 18 [May 30, New Style], 1861, Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now in Poland]) was a Russian military officer and statesman who played a major role in the Crimean War (1853–56) and served as the Russian viceroy in Poland (1856–61). Gorchakov gained his early military experience during the Russian campaign in Persia (1810), the invasion of Russia by Napoleon I (1812–14), and the sieges of Silistra and Shumla in...