Mikhail Kamensky

In 1783, Kamensky was appointed Governor General of Ryazan and Tambov guberniyas.

During the war with Turkey, in 1788, he defeated the Turks at the Moldavian settlement of Gangur.

When prince Potemkin fell ill and entrusted his command of the army to Mikhail Kakhovsky, Kamensky refused to subordinate himself, referring to his seniority.

On 5 April 1797, Emperor Paul I granted Kamensky the title of Count in the Russian Empire and made him retire.

Through his son Sergei, British actress and Academy Awards winner, Helen Mirren, DBE and her cousin, Tania Mallet, an actress, model and former Bond girl are also among his direct descendants.

Portrait Count Mikhail Fedotovich Kamensky by an unknown painter, end of the 18th century. Suvorov's Museum, Saint Petersburg
Comital coat of arms of the Kamensky family, granted to Mikhail Fedotovich on 5 April 1797 by Emperor Paul I of Russia