Mikhail Chertkov

Mikhail Ivanovich Chertkov (Russian: Михаил Иванович Чертков) (St. Petersburg, August 14, 1829 - Paris, October 19, 1905) was a Russian Cavalry General and statesman who served as Governor-General of Warsaw in Poland between 1900 and 1905.

He joined the Tsarist Army in December 1851 a lieutenant and he took part in the Crimean War.

In 1867-68 he was deputy governor-general of Vilna, Kaunas, Grodno, and Minsk, and the chief of the Vitebsk and Mogilev provinces.

In 1877, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, he accompanied Emperor Alexander II to Chisinau.

In September 1902, he received the highest Prussian Award, the Order of the Black Eagle, when he visited Posen for German army maneuvers.