Grigory Spiridov

Grigory Grigorievich Spiridov (1758–1822) was the Moscow chief of police, the actual state councilor.

Moscow Chief of Police Spiridov was appointed in 1798 under Emperor Paul and held this position for three years until 1800, when his disordered health forced him to retire. But the Napoleonic Wars once again awakened a warlike spirit in him, and he, already a relatively old man, entered in 1805 and in 1812 as a volunteer in the Pereslavl Militia and in its ranks during the Patriotic War participates in numerous skirmishes with units of the French Army.

After the expulsion of the French, Spiridov, at the request of his friend Count Fyodor Rostopchin, was first appointed commandant and then civil governor of Moscow.

Along with the resignation of Count Rostopchin, the Actual State Councillor Spiridov also left the service. He died on May 4, 1822, at the age of 64.