Dmitry Milyutin

Count Dmitry Alekseyevich Milyutin
Дмитрий Алексеевич Милютин
General Dmitry Milyutin in 1865
Minister of War
In office 16 May 1861 – 21 May 1881
Monarchs	Alexander II Alexander III
Preceded by	Nikolay Sukhozanet
Succeeded by	Pyotr Vannovsky
Personal details
Born	(1816-06-28)28 June 1816 Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	25 January 1912(1912-01-25) (aged 95) Simeiz, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire
Military service
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Branch/service	Russian Imperial Army
Years of service	1836-1881
Rank	Field Marshal
Battles/wars	Caucasian War Crimean War Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
Awards	see awards

Count Dmitry Alekseyevich Milyutin (Russian: Дмитрий Алексеевич Милютин, tr. Dmitrij Alekseevič Miljutin; 28 June 1816, Moscow – 25 January 1912, Simeiz near Yalta) was a military historian, Minister of War (1861–81) and the last Field Marshal of Imperial Russia (1898). He was responsible for sweeping military reforms that changed the face of the Russian army in the 1860s and 1870s.