Aleksey Gorchakov
Prince Aleksey Ivanovich Gorchakov | |
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Order of St. Vladimir (4th class) | |
Relations | Prince Ivan Gorchakov Prince Alexander Suvorov |
Other work | Minister of Land Forces |
Prince Aleksey Ivanovich Gorchakov (Russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Горчако́в; 20 May [O.S. 31 May] 1769 – 12 December [O.S. 24 December] 1817)[1] was a Russian general and statesman from the Gorchakov family.
Biography
Aleksey Gorchakov was a son of Prince Ivan
Order of St. Vladimir (4th class).[1]
Gorchakov took part as a general officer in the
St. Petersburg.[2]
Family
His brother Andrei Ivanovich Gorchakov (1776–1855) was a general in the Russian army who took a conspicuous part in the final campaigns against Napoleon. Their cousin Princess Pelageya Nikolayevna Gorchakova (1762–1838) was fictionalized by her grandson Leo Tolstoy in War and Peace.
References
Sources
- Mikaberidze, Alexander (2005). Russian Officer Corps of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Casemate Publishers. pp. 135–136. ISBN 978-1611210026.
- This article includes content derived from the Russian Biographical Dictionary, 1896–1918.