Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov

**Prince**

Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov
Prince; Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov
	Portrait by Jan Ksawery Kaniewski, 1860
Born	8 February 1793; Warsaw, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Died	30 May 1861 (aged 68); Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Buried	Brotherhood Cemetery, Sevastopol
Allegiance	Russia
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Service years	1807–1861
Rank	General of the Artillery
Conflicts	See battles Russo-Persian War (1804–1813); Napoleonic Wars Battle of Borodino; Battle of Bautzen; ; Russo-Turkish War; November Uprising Battle of Olszynka Grochowska (WIA); Battle of Ostrolenka; Battle of Warsaw; ; Crimean War Siege of Silistra; Battle of the Chernaya; Battle of the Great Redan; Battle of Malakoff; ;
Awards	Order of St. Andrew; Order of St. George; Order of St. Vladimir

Prince Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov (Russian: Михаи́л Дми́триевич Горчако́в, Polish: Michaił Dymitrowicz Gorczakow; 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1793 – 30 May [O.S. 18 May] 1861, Warsaw) was a Russian general of the artillery from the Gorchakov family, who commanded the Russian forces in the latter stages of the Crimean War and later served as the namestnik of Poland from 1856 until his death. His military career included remarkable successes, such as the Battle of the Great Redan, as well as significant setbacks, such as the Battle of the Chernaya.