Mikhail Loris-Melikov

Count Mikhail Loris-Melikov
Михаил Лорис-Меликов Միքայել Լոռու-Մելիքյան
Portrait by Ivan Aivazovsky, 1888
Interior Minister of Russia
In office 6 August 1880 – 4 May 1881
Monarchs	Alexander II Alexander III
Preceded by	Lev Makov
Succeeded by	Nikolay Ignatyev
Personal details
Born	(1824-10-21)21 October 1824 Tiflis, Georgia Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia)
Died	24 December 1888(1888-12-24) (aged 64) Nice, France
Resting place	St. Gevorg Armenian Church, Tbilisi, Georgia
Spouse	Princess Nina Ivanovna Argutinska-Dolgorukova
Awards	Order of Saint Anna Order of Saint Vladimir Order of Saint Stanislaus Order of the White Eagle
Military service
Allegiance	Russia
Branch/service	Imperial Russian Army
Rank	General of the Cavalry Adjutant general
Unit	IX Russian Army Corps
Battles/wars	Caucasian War Crimean War Russo-Turkish War Battle of Kars Battle of Kızıl Tepe Battle of Aladzha

Count Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov (Russian: Граф Михаил Тариелович Лорис-Меликов; Armenian: Միքայել Լոռու-Մելիքյան; October 21 [O.S. November 2] 1824 – 24 December 1888) was a Russian-Armenian statesman, general of the cavalry and adjutant general of His Imperial Majesty's Retinue.

The princes of Lori, Loris-Melikov, are the representatives of an old noble family whose ancestors in the 14th century owned the town of Lori and the province of the same name. They belonged to the top aristocratic society of Georgia. The princely family of Loris-Melikov were established in the Russian nobility in 1832.