Zakhar Chernyshev

Count Zakhar Chernyshev
Захаръ Чернышевъ
Oil portrait of Chernyshev (1776 by Alexander Roslin)
Born	Zakhar Grigoryevich Chernyshev 1722 (1722)
Died	31 August 1784(1784-08-31) (aged 61–62) Moscow, Russian Empire
Awards	Order of Saint Vladimir
Military career
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service	Imperial Russian Army
Years	1735–1764
Rank	General field marshal
Conflicts	Seven Years' War Battle of Kolín Battle of Zorndorf Occupation of Berlin
Awards	Order of St. Andrew
Mayor of Moscow
In office 1782–1784
Monarch	Catherine II of Russia
Governor-general of Pskov and Mogilev Governorates
In office 28 May 1772 – 1782
Monarch	Catherine II of Russia
President of the College of War
In office 4 March 1764 – August 1774
Monarch	Catherine II of Russia

Zakhar Grigoryevich Chernyshev (Russian: Захаръ Григорьевичь Чернышевъ; 1722 – 31 August 1784) was a Russian noble, courtier to Catherine the Great, Imperial Russian Army officer, and Imperial Russian politician in the 18th century.

After made a courtier to then-Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst in 1744, Chernyshev remained a favorite of the future Russian monarch into the 1770s. An Imperial Russian Army officer during the Seven Years' War, Chernyshev retired in 1764, and would be ultimately promoted to general field marshal by Catherine II. At her appointment, Chernyshev led the College of War from 1764 to 1774, served as her governor-general of the Pskov and Mogilev Governorates, and was the mayor of Moscow until his death.