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Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (Russian: Князь Михаил Семёнович Воронцов; 30 May [O.S. 19] 1782 – 18 November [O.S. 6] 1856) was a Russian nobleman and field-marshal, renowned for his success in the Napoleonic Wars and most famous for his participation in the Caucasian War from 1844 to 1853.
Mikhail Semyonovich, Prince Vorontsov (born May 19 [May 30, New Style], 1782—died November 6 [November 18], 1856, Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire) was a Russian military and government official who was an outstanding imperial administrator.
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Mikhail Semyonovich Worontsov, Count, since 1852, His Serene Highness the Prince. He was born on May 19, 1782. He comes from the ancient noble family of W orontsov.
Aug 15, 2021 · Count Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov returned to Russia to serve in the wars against Napoleon, and was a commander of the occupation troops in Paris in 1815-1818. In 1823 he was named to the prestigious post of Governor-General of ‘New Russia’—the provinces north of the Black Sea, from Moldavia to Azov, that had been added to the Empire ...
A bitter opponent of the Crimean War and the unexpected enmity with his beloved England, Vorontsov retired in 1854 in failing health, after a third of a century of service, and died two years later. In an unusual expression of public admiration for Imperial Russia, public subscriptions paid for commemorative statues of him in Odessa and Tbilisi.
Apr 29, 2022 · Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (Михаи́л Семёнович Воронцо́в) (30 May 1782–18 November 1856), was a Russian prince and field-marshal, renowned for his success in the Napoleonic wars, and most famous for his participation in the Caucasian War from 1844 to 1853.
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The latter's son, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (1782–1856), became a prominent general who fostered the colonisation of New Russia and led the Russian army in the Caucasus. The Vorontsovs from this branch were inveterate Anglophiles and supported many English servants, painters, and architects.