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Dmitry Mikhaylovich, Prince Golitsyn

Russian statesman
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Born:
June 13 [June 3, old style], 1665, Russia
Died:
April 25 [April 14, O.S.], 1737, St. Petersburg (aged 71)
House / Dynasty:
Golitsyn family
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Dmitry Mikhaylovich, Prince Golitsyn (born June 13 [June 3, old style], 1665, Russia—died April 25 [April 14, O.S.], 1737, St. Petersburg) was a Russian statesman who unsuccessfully tried to transform the Russian autocracy into a constitutional monarchy. Having been sent to Italy in 1697 by Tsar Peter I the Great to study “military affairs,” Golitsyn was appointed commander of an auxiliary corps (1704) to fight the Swedes during the Great Northern War. He later entered civil government service and occupied the posts of governor general of Kiev (1715–19), senator (after 1719), and president of the Kamer-Kollegiya (Finance Ministry; 1719–22). But ...(100 of 289 words)

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