About Mikhail Stakhovich
Lived 1861 – 1923 (aged 62). Mikhail Stakhovich was a Russian politician and jurist.
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich (; 20 January 1861, in Oryol Governorate – 23 September 1923, in Aix-en-Provence) was a Russian politician.
Stakhovich was elected to the Duma in 1906 as an Octobrist and again to the second Duma in 1907, leading the Party of Peaceful Renovation.
He was appointed Governor-General of Finland by the Russian Provisional Government on 20 March 1917 after the job was refused by Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov amongst others. He resigned on 17 September.
After the Governor-General's post, Stakhovich was pointed as Ambassador to Madrid but before he could reach Madrid the October Revolution took place.
Stakhovich died in exile in Aix-en-Provence, France in 1923. He was buried in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery, in the southern suburbs of Paris.
Awards
Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
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Russian politician (1861-1923)
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Mikhail Stakhovich was born on 8 January 1861 in Yeletsky Uyezd.
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Mikhail Stakhovich died on 23 September 1923 in Aix-en-Provence.
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Mikhail Stakhovich was a politician and jurist.
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Mikhail Stakhovich was Russian.
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