Loris-Melikov, Mikhail (Tariyelovich), Count
- Loris-Melikov, Mikhail (Tariyelovich), Count
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born Jan. 1, 1826, Tiflis, Russia
died Dec. 24, 1888, Nice, France
Russian military officer and statesman.
He commanded an army corps to notable victories in the Russo-
Turkish War of 1877–
78,
for which he was made a count.
As governor-
general of the central Russian provinces (
1879),
he recommended administrative and economic reforms to alleviate social discontent.
Impressed,
Alexander II appointed him minister of the interior (
1880)
and approved his efforts to liberalize the Russian autocracy,
but the tsar was assassinated before the reforms were enacted.
Loris-
Melikov resigned when Alexander III rejected his reforms.
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Universalium.
2010.
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