Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Golitsyn was a Russian prince of the House of Golitsyn and field marshal. He was the General Governor of Saint Petersburg Governorate in 1780 to 1783.
Rus Portraits v 3 173 Kniaz' Aleksandr Mikhailovich Golitsyn, 1718 1783
Monument to Golitsyn by Fyodor Gordeyev
Pyotr Saltykov
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Count Pyotr Semyonovich Saltykov was a Russian statesman and military officer, promoted to the rank of field marshal on 18 August 1759. Saltykov is one of the finest commanders in Russian history. The
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…army fighting Prussia in the Seven Years' War. In 1758 he distinguished himself by capturing Тorea and at Kunersdorf commanded the Russian left flank. Pyotr Saltykov's battleplan depended on deliberately drawing Frederick II of Prussia's troops to attack the Russian left flank, so that the enemy could then be attacked…
Portrait by Pietro Rotari, 1760
Saltykov on the monument "Millennium of Russia" in Veliky Novgorod.