Jump to content

Boris Vasilchikov

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Marcocapelle (talk | contribs) at 12:46, 28 October 2023 (Sources: more specific categorization). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Prince Boris Aleksandrovich Vasilchikov (Template:Lang-ru; 1863, Vybiti, Novgorod Governorate – 1931, Menton) — Russian politician.

Biography

Graduate of the Imperial School of Law; entered the Ministry of Justice, 1881.

Elected Marshal of Nobility of Staraia Russa Uezd, 1884, of Novgorod Guberniya (1890).

Governor of Pskov (1900–1903); Head of the Red Cross for the Northeastern District during the Russo-Japanese War. Chairman of the Russian Red Cross Society.

Member of the State Council (1906). Head of the Chief Administration of Land Organization and Agriculture in the Pyotr Stolypin cabinet (July 1906 – May 1908).

Emigrated to France in 1920 from the USSR after the 1917 revolution.

Sources

Preceded by Minister of agriculture of Russia
27 July 1906 – 21 May 1908
Succeeded by