Baranov N.M., Chief of City Administration 1881

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BARANOV Nikolay Mikhailovich (1837-1901), statesman, Lieutenant General (1893). Baranov graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg (1856). From 1856, he served in the Navy, in 1866-77, he headed the Naval Museum. Baranov participated in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-78 (appointed an aide-de-camp for his achievements). After the assassination of Emperor Alexander II in March - August 1881 he served as Chief of City Administration in St. Petersburg, organizing a fight against terror of People's Will brigade. Baranov tried to engage officials and intelligentsia in cooperation with police, he arranged gatherings of house-owners and flat lessees to discuss questions of city life. In 1882-97, he was governor of Nizhny Novgorod, from 1897, Baranov was a senator. In St. Petersburg he lived in 25 Znamenskaya Street (today Vosstaniya Street). He died abroad, and was buried in Novodevichye Cemetery in St. Petersburg.

Reference: Фейгин Л. А. Нижегородский губернатор, генерал-майор Николай Михайлович Баранов: Биогр. сведения и обзор его деятельности. М., 1892; Степанов В. В. Капитан-лейтенант Баранов. Одесса, 1909; Длуголенский Я. Н. Военно-гражданская и полицейская власть Санкт-Петербурга, 1703-1917. СПб., 2001. С. 350-358.

D. N. Shilov. Alexander II, Emperor
Baranov Nikolay Mikhailovich
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 25
Фейгин Л. А. Нижегородский губернатор, генерал-майор Николай Михайлович Баранов: Биогр. сведения и обзор его деятельности. М., 1892
Степанов В. В. Капитан-лейтенант Баранов. Одесса, 1909
Длуголенский Я. Н. Военно-гражданская власть Санкт-Петербурга, 1703-1917. СПб., 2001 Naval Cadet Corps
Naval Cadet Corps
Narodnaya Volya
Novodevichye Cemetery
Novodevichye Cemetery