Fyodor Logginovich van Heiden


Fyodor Logginovich van Heiden
Painting by Ivan Kramskoi, 1881
Born15 September [O.S. 3] 1821
Died18 January [O.S. 6] 1900 (aged 78)
Buried
Allegiance Russian Empire
Branch Imperial Russian Army
Service years1835–1900
Rank General of the Infantry
CommandsFinland Military District (1881–1898)
Conflicts
Governor-General of Finland
In office
6 June 1881 – 13 January 1897
MonarchsAlexander III
Nicholas II
Preceded byNikolai Adlerberg
Succeeded byStepan Osipovich Goncharov
Commander of the Finnish Military District
In office
6 June 1881 – 13 January 1897
MonarchsAlexander III
Nicholas II
Minister of WarPyotr Vannovsky
Preceded byNikolai Adlerberg
Succeeded byStepan Osipovich Goncharov
Chief of the Main Staff of the Russian Empire
In office
13 January 1866 – 3 June 1881
MonarchNicholas II
Chairman of the Committee of MinistersDmitry Nikolayevich Bludov
Pavel Pavlovich Gagarin
Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev
Minister of WarDmitry Milyutin
Pyotr Vannovsky
Preceded byAlexander Chernyshyov
Succeeded byNikolai Obruchev
Acting Minister of War
In office
24 April 1877 – 13 March 1878
MonarchAlexander III
Chairman of the Committee of MinistersNikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev
Minister of WarDmitry Milyutin
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Count Fyodor Logginovich Heiden (born Friedrich Moritz Reichsgraf van Heiden; Russian: Фёдор Логгинович Ге́йден, tr. Fëdor Logginovič Géjden; 15 September [O.S. 3] 1821 – 18 January [O.S. 6] 1900), better known as Count Fyodor Logginovich van Heiden, was a Russian military commander of German-Dutch ancestry who served in the Imperial Russian Army. He served as the Governor-General of Finland 1881–1898. Heiden's 17-year office in the Grand Duchy of Finland encompassed the entire reign of Alexander III of Russia, who appointed him at the start of his own reign to succeed Count Nikolay Adlerberg, and the four first years of the reign of Nicholas II of Russia.