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==Pyotr Gorchakov==
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Prince '''Peter Dmitrievich Gorchakov''' (1790–1868) served under [[Mikhail Kamensky]] and [[Mikhail Kutuzov]] in the campaign against Turkey, and afterwards against France in 1813–1814. In 1820 he suppressed an insurrection in the [[Caucasus]], for which service he was raised to the rank of [[major-general]]. In 1828–1829 he fought under Prince [[Peter von Wittgenstein]] against the Turks, won an action at Aidos, and signed the treaty of peace at [[Adrianople]]. In 1839 he was made governor of Eastern [[Siberia]], and in 1851 retired into private life.<ref name="EB1911"/>

When the [[Crimean War]] broke out he offered his services to the emperor [[Nicholas I of Russia|Nicholas]], by whom he was appointed general of the VI army corps in the [[Crimea]]. He commanded the corps in the battles of [[Battle of Alma|Alma]] and [[Battle of Inkerman|Inkerman]]. He retired in 1855 and died at [[Moscow]], on March 18, 1868.<ref name="EB1911"/>