Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov

Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov

Prince Vasili Vladimirovich Dolgorukov (Russian: князь Василий Владимирович Долгоруков) (circa January 1667 – 11 February 1746, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian commander and politician, promoted Field Marshal (генерал-фельдмаршал) in 1728. His life and fortune had swing like a weathercock during his life, following complex plots and the troubled time that followed Peter the Great's death.