Aleksey Gorchakov
Prince Aleksey Ivanovich Gorchakov | |
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Portrait by Orest Kiprensky, 1810s | |
| Minister of War of the Russian Empire | |
| In office 1812–1815 | |
| Monarch | Nicholas I |
| Preceded by | Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly |
| Succeeded by | Pyotr Konovnitsyn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 20, 1769 |
| Died | December 12, 1817 (aged 48) |
| Resting place | Lazarevskoe Cemetery |
| Relations | Prince Ivan Gorchakov Prince Alexander Suvorov |
| Awards | Order of St. George (4th class) Order of St. Vladimir (4th class) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire |
| Branch/service | Imperial Russian Army |
| Years of service | 1786-1817 |
| Rank | General of the Infantry |
| Unit | Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment |
| Commands | Vryborg Garrison regiment |
| Battles/wars | Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Polish–Russian War of 1792 Italian and Swiss expedition War of the Fourth Coalition |
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Prince Aleksey Ivanovich Gorchakov (Russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Горчако́в; 20 May [O.S. 31 May] 1769 – 12 December [O.S. 24 December] 1817) was a general of the Russian Empire and statesman from the Gorchakov family.