Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Стахо́вич; 20 January 1861, Oryol Governorate[1] – 23 September 1923, Aix-en-Provence) was a Russian politician.
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich | |
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| Born | January 8, 1861 Yeletsky Uyezd, Oryol Governorate |
| Died | September 23, 1923 (aged 62) Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Member of the State Duma of the Russian Empire, Governor-General of Finland |
Stakhovich was elected to the Duma in 1906 as an Octobrist and again to the second Duma in 1907, leading the Party of Peaceful Renovation.
He was appointed Governor-General of Finland by the Russian Provisional Government on March 20, 1917 after the job was refused by Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov amongst others. He resigned on September 17.
After the Governor-General's post, Stakhovich was pointed as Ambassador to Madrid but he never reached the destination before the October Revolution.[2]
Stakhovich died in exile in Aix-en-Provence, France in 1923.[3] He was buried in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery, in the southern suburbs of Paris.
Awards
- Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class[4]
- Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
References
- Липецкая энциклопедия / сост. В. В. Шахов, Б. М. Шальнев. — Липецк: Липецкое издательство; Рязань: Гэлион, 2001. — Т. 3. — С. 288-289. — ISBN 5-94570-015-0.
- жизнь, Редакция журнала Наука и. "Он жил на людях и для людей". www.nkj.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-01-04.
- жизнь, Редакция журнала Наука и. "ЗАПИСКИ М. А. СТАХОВИЧА-МЛАДШЕГО (Писано в Aix-en-Provence в 1921-23 годах.)". www.nkj.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-01-04.
- "Просмотр документа - dlib.rsl.ru". dlib.rsl.ru. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
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| Preceded by Franz Albert Seyn |
Governor-General of Finland 1917 |
Succeeded by Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov |
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