Gurko I.V. (1828-1901), Temporary Governor General 1879-80

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GURKO (Romeiko-Gurko) Iosif Vladimirovich (1828-1901), military man and statesman, General Field Marshal (1894), Adjunct General (1877). On graduating from the Corps of Pages (1846), he served in the Cavalry Guard; since 1860 he was an aide-de-camp, and in 1862-66 Gurko successfully completed a number of missions within the Peasant reform of 1861 in the provinces of Samara, Vyatka and Kaluga. In 1869-75, he was a commander of the Horse Grenadier Regiment. In 1875 he was appointed commander of the Second Cavalry Guard division. At the time of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-78 he was in command of the advanced detachment, then in command of the Guards, won a number of battles, and completed the winter campaign in the Balkan Mountains. From April 1879 to February 1880 he served as temporary Governor General of St. Petersburg and an assistant to the Commander-in-Chief of the Guards and St. Petersburg military district. In April 1879, he composed instructions on “Order of Executions,” which were applied in executions of revolutionaries in the late 1870s - 1880s. In 1882-83 he served as Governor General of Odessa, and in 1883-94, he was Governor General of Warsaw and a commander of forces in these districts. From 1884 he was a member of the State Council. Gurko retired in 1894.

Reference: Фрейман О. Р. Пажи за 185 лет: Биографии и портреты бывш. пажей с 1711 по 1896 г. Фридрихсгамн, 1894-1897; Длуголенский Я. Н. Военно-гражданская и полицейская власть Санкт-Петербурга, 1703-1917. СПб., 2001. С. 140-144.

D. N. Shilov. Gurko Iosif Vladimirovich
Фрейман О. Р. Пажи за 185 лет: Биогр. и портр. бывш. пажей с 1711 по 1896 г. Фридрихсгамн, 1897
Длуголенский Я. Н. Военно-гражданская власть Санкт-Петербурга, 1703-1917. СПб., 2001 Page Corps
Horse Grenadier Life Guards Regiment