Dmitry Golitsyn

Prince Dmitry Vladimirovich Golitsyn (Russian: Князь Дмитрий Владимирович Голицын, romanized: Knyaz Dmitriy Vladimirovič Golit͡syn; 29 October 1771 – 27 March 1844, Paris) was an Imperial Russian cavalry general prominent during the Napoleonic Wars, statesman and military writer.

He was born in the Golitsyn family of Knyaz Vladimir Borisovich Golitsyn (1731–1798) and his wife Natalie Chernyshova, nicknamed La Princesse Moustache, or the Queen of Spades, who was portrayed as a central character in Pushkin's story (and Tchaikovsky's opera) of the same name.

His siblings were Boris Vladimirovitch Golitsyn, Ekaterina Vladimirovna Apraksina and Sophie Stroganov.

In 1786 the Golitsyns settled in Paris, where Dmitry and his brother Boris studied military science at the École Militaire.

During the Kościuszko Uprising he fought under Aleksandr Suvorov and on 24 October 1794 distinguished himself at the Battle of Praga and earned his first Order of St. George of the 4th degree.

After a brief participation in the Finnish War—proposing entering Sweden over the frozen Bothnian Gulf—Golitsyn resigned his commission on 18 April 1809 and travelled to Germany.

Dmitriy Golitsyn wrote several military books, including: He also sponsored the Bulletin du Nord described Russia for foreign readers.