Nikolay Alekseyevich Milyutin

Nikolay Alekseyevich Milyutin (born June 6 [June 18, New Style], 1818, Moscow, Russia—died Jan. 26 [Feb. 7], 1872, Moscow) was a Russian statesman who played a prominent role in the emancipation of the serfs in Russia. Educated at Moscow University, Milyutin entered the Ministry of the Interior at the age of 17 and advanced rapidly in the service. In the early 1840s he was responsible for the reform of the municipal governments of St. Petersburg,...