Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn or Galitzin (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Голи́цын, tr. Michaíl Michájlovič Golícyn; 1 November 1675 in Moscow – 10 December 1730) was a Russian Imperial Army field marshal (1725) and a president of the College of War (1728—1730) from the House of Golitsyn.
Golitsyn was a governor of Finland (1714–1721) during the Great Discord. From 1728 he was a member of the Supreme Privy Council.[1] He was the son of Mikhail Andreyevich Golitsyn and spouse of Tatyana Borisovna Golitsyna. He fought the Swedish Empire at the battles of Dobroye, Lesnaya, Pälkäne, Napue and Grengam.
The Millennium of Russia in Veliky Novgorod contains a sculpture of Golitsyn. Asteroid 7161 Golitsyn was named after him. Bauman Garden was established on the grounds of his Moscow mansion.
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