Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn (Field Marshal)

Mikhail Mikhailovitch Golitsyn

Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn or Galitzin (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Голи́цын, tr. Michaíl Michájlovič Golícyn; 1 November 1675 in Moscow – 10 December 1730) was a Russian Imperial Army field marshal (1725) and a president of the College of War (1728—1730) from the House of Golitsyn. He was also known as a governor of Finland (1714–1721) during the "Great Discord". From 1728 he was a member of the Supreme Privy Council.[1] He was the son of Mikhail Andreyevich Golitsyn and spouse of Tatyana Borisovna Golitsyna.

He fought the Swedish Empire at the battles of Dobroye, Lesnaya, Pälkäne, Napue, and Grengam.

  1. ^ "Saint Petersburg encyclopedia entry". Retrieved 2012-01-05.

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