Alexander Michailowitsch Dondukow-Korsakow

Alexander Michailowitsch Dondukow-Korsakow ( Russian Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Дондуко́в-Корса́ков ; * September 12, 1820 in Saint Petersburg ; † April 15, 1893 in Polonoje, Ujesd Porchow , Russian statesman. Pskov ) was

Alexander Dondukow-Korsakov

Life

Dondukow-Korsakow was on his mother's side a descendant of a Kalmuck clan who submitted to Peter the Great ; his father was Prince Michael Dondukov, Vice President of the Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg .

He joined a dragoon regiment as an officer , distinguished himself on a campaign in the Caucasus and in the Crimean War from 1854-55 , was quickly promoted and appointed lieutenant general and governor of Kiev . He was one of the most ardent members of the Pan-Slav party.

After the Peace of San Stefano in 1878 he received the important post of Governor General of the newly created Principality of Bulgaria and was also considered for the Bulgarian princely throne. When Greater Bulgaria, desired by the Russians, was removed at the Berlin Congress and divided into Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia , Dondukov tried to thwart the implementation of this provision through Greater Bulgarian agitation.

On April 16, 1879, he opened the first National Assembly of the Principality of Bulgaria in Tǎrnovo and led the negotiations of the same. His election as prince was not approved by the emperor because of his political stance; he had to direct it to Prince Alexander von Battenberg . With its introduction into his new principality in July 1879, Dondukov's activity in Bulgaria ended.

In 1880 Dondukov was appointed governor general of Kharkov , in 1881 commander of the troops of the Odessa military district and temporary governor general of Odessa, in 1882 appointed chief of civil administration and commander in chief of troops in the Caucasus .

• See also : Constitution of Tarnowo

literature

• Dondukow-Korsakow, Alexander Michailowitsch . In: Meyers Konversationslexikon . 4th edition, Volume 5, 1888