Loris-Melikov, Count Michael T.

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Count Michael T. Loris-Melikov

(2 November 1826 − 2 November 1888)

See for biogr. sketch BCW Vol. II, footnote to art. "Armenians."  (BCW 1:497).
Note on dates. B. de Zirkoff gives 1826 as the birth year and 1855-1876 as the period of administration of the Terek district  (BCW 2:266). An alternative chronology appears in the introduction and note 1 to the publication of M. T. Loris-Melikov’s reports in Istoricheskii arkhiv (2005, no. 6; Russian): a birth year of 1824 and service as head of the Terek region in 1863-1875, with the appointment dated 28 March 1863.

Russian general and statesman, a participant in the Russo-Turkish War and later minister of the interior. H. P. Blavatsky referred to his career in opposing a disparaging characterization of Armenians.

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Quotes: Boris de Zirkoff
CTD article in Russian: Лорис-Меликов, Михаил Тариелович
Wikipedia: Mikhail Loris-Melikov

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Armenians (BCW 2:266)

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Lifetime: 1826-1888
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