Mikhail Loris-Melikov

Mikhail Loris-Melikov
Михаил Лорис-Меликов
Միքայել Լոռու-Մելիքյան
Portrait by Ivan Aivazovsky, 1888
Interior Minister of Russia
In office
6 August 1880 – 4 May 1881
MonarchsAlexander II
Alexander III
Preceded byLev Makov
Succeeded byNikolay Ignatyev
Personal details
Born(1824-10-21)21 October 1824
Tiflis, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire
Died24 December 1888(1888-12-24) (aged 64)
Nice, France
Resting placeSt. Gevorg Armenian Church, Tbilisi, Georgia
SpousePrincess Nina Ivanovna Argutinska-Dolgorukova
AwardsOrder of Saint Anna
Order of Saint Vladimir
Order of Saint Stanislaus
Order of the White Eagle
Military service
Allegiance Russia
Branch/service Imperial Russian Army
RankGeneral of the Cavalry
Adjutant general
UnitIX Russian Army Corps
Battles/wars
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Count Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov (Russian: Михаил Тариелович Лорис-Меликов; Armenian: Միքայել Լոռու-Մելիքյան; October 21 [O.S. November 2] 1824 – 24 December 1888) was a Russian statesman of an Armenian origin who served as general of the cavalry and adjutant general of His Imperial Majesty's Retinue.

The princes of Lori, Loris-Melikov, are the representatives of an old noble family whose ancestors in the 14th century owned the town of Lori and the province of the same name. They belonged to the top aristocratic society of Georgia. The princely family of Loris-Melikov was established in the Russian nobility in 1832.