Alexander Chernyshyov

*Knyaz*

Alexander Chernyshyov
Knyaz; Alexander Chernyshyov
	Portrait by George Dawe; (Military Gallery of the Winter Palace)
Native name	Александр Чернышёв
Other name	Aleksandr Chernyshev
Born	January 10–11, 1786–1787; Moscow
Died	June 20, 1857; Castellammare di Stabia
Allegiance	Russia
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Rank	General of the cavalry
Commands	1st St. Petersburg Uhlan Regiment (since 1833) [ru]; 80th Kabardia Infantry Regiment (since 1843) [ru]
Conflicts	German campaign of 1813; • Attack on Berlin by Chernyshyov and Tettenborn's detachments [ru]; • Battle of Hagelberg; Campaign in north-east France (1814); • Storming of Soissons [ru];
Awards	Orders of:; • St. George 4th (1808), 3rd (1813) degrees; • St. Alexander Nevsky (1820); • St. Vladimir 1st Degree (1828); • St. Andrew (1831);
Minister of War of Russia
	In office; 1827–1852
Monarch	Nicholas I
Preceded by	Aleksandr Tatischev
Succeeded by	Vasily Dolgorukov
Monarchs	In office; 1827–1856
Other offices held
Member of the Cabinet of Ministers
	In office; 1827–1856
Monarchs	Nicholas I; Alexander II
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers
	In office; 1848–1856
Monarchs	Nicholas I; Alexander II
Member of the State Council
	In office; 1828–posthumously
Monarchs	Nicholas I; Alexander II
Chairman of the State Council
	In office; 1848–1856
Monarchs	Nicholas I; Alexander II
Preceded by	Vasily Levashov [ru]
Succeeded by	Alexey Orlov
Member of the Siberian Committee [ru]
	In office; 1830–1838
Monarch	Nicholas I
Chairman of the Siberian Committee
	In office; 1852–1856
Monarchs	Nicholas I; Alexander II
Chairman of the Caucasian Committee [ru]
	In office; 1845–1856
Monarchs	Nicholas I; Alexander II
Honorary President of the Imperial Military Academy
	In office; 1852–posthumously
Monarchs	Nicholas I; Alexander II

Prince Alexander Ivanovich Chernyshyov (Russian: Александр Иванович Чернышёв; 1786, Moscow – 1857, Castellammare di Stabia), General of Cavalry (1827), was a Russian military leader, diplomat and statesman, whose career began in the Napoleonic Wars. After the Battle of Austerlitz (1805), he carried out successful diplomatic missions to France and Sweden and served with distinction in battles of 1812 and 1813. Chernyshyov rose through the ranks to the role of Russian Minister of War (1827–1852), member and chairman of the State Council (1827–1856) and Cabinet of Ministers (1828–1856), and acquired the styles from Count (1826) to Serene Prince (1849).

Chernyshyov paid great attention to the logistics of the Russian Army, carried out a number of reforms that consolidated the army's recruitment system (Charter of 1831), strengthened the centralisation of the Ministry of War.