Vasily Andreyevich Dolgorukov

Russian statesman and military officer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroRussian statesman and military officer
PlacesRussia
wasMilitary personnel Politician
Work fieldMilitary Politics
Gender
Male
Birth7 March 1804, Moscow
Death17 January 1868Saint Petersburg (aged 63 years)
The details

Biography

Prince Vasily Andreyevich Dolgorukov (Russian: князь Василий Андреевич Долгоруков) (1804–1868) was a Russian statesman, General of the Cavalry (1856, a full General equivalent), Minister of War (1852–1856), Chief of Gendarmes and Executive Head of the Third Section of H.I.M. Chancellery (1856–1866).

Honours and awards

  • Order of St. Vladimir, 1st and 4th classes
  • Order of St. Anna, 2nd class
  • Order of St. Andrew

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