Biography
The earliest known ancestors of Count Mikhail Loris-Melikov hail from the Armenian monarchic dynasty of Bagratids, whose blood line is linked to Zakharian prince, hereditary commanders of Georgian armies in the 12th and 13th centuries. He was born in Tiflis in 1825. Died in Nice in 1888. Loris-Melikov was the son of prince Zohrab Melikov and his wife princess Ekaterina Akhverdova.
Count Mikhail Tariel Loris-Melikov was an outstanding statesman of Russian Empire, General-Adjutant, Member of the State Council. Count (1878), General from Cavalry (1875), an honorable member of Academy of Science of Petersburg (1880). The leader of military actions in the Caucasus 1877-78. In 1880 the Head of the Supreme Administrative Commission. In 1861 the Head South Dagestan and Mayor of Derbent, 1863 the Head of Tersk region. In 1879 was sent to Kharkov where he was appointed as General-Gubernator of Astrakhan, Saratov, Samara and Kharkov and was granted with unlimited power. Due to his unique success which crowned his activities in Kharkov, after the explosion in Winter Palace in Feb. 12, 1880 is appointed as the head of the Administrative Commission and in fact become a dictator. On the 6th of August 1880 is appointed as the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Chief of the Gendarmes, in fact, it meant that he was the second after the Imperator in the Machinery of the State.
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