Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich

Mikhail Alexandrovich Stachowitsch (Russian: Михаил Александрович Стахович, scientific transliteration Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stachovič; * 1861 in Palna - Mikhailovka, Orel province, † 1923 in Aix -en- Provence) was a Russian politician. He was for several months in 1917 Russian Governor-General of Finland.

Russian policy

Mikhail Stachowitsch studied law. From 1892 to 1895 he worked as a county and Gouvernementsmarschall. Politically, he was known in 1900 throughout Russia. A daring speech at the mission preacher Conference He stepped in it a for freedom of conscience in Russia.

After the Russian Revolution of 1905, he was elected to the State Duma and 1907 in the second Duma. During the third Duma, he was a member of the State Council.

Governor-General of Finland

The Provisional Government of Russia appointed him on March 20, 1917 Governor-General of Finland. Stachowitsch was not the first choice of the government, but all the other potential candidates, the Office had previously rejected. On March 31 he took office officially.