Mikhail Fyodorovich Mirkovich (September 17, 1836 – March 24, 1891) was an Imperial Russian regimental commander and ethnographer.
Mikhail Fedorovich Mirkovich was born on 17 September 1836 into a noble Serbian family on an ancestral estate in Tula gubernia.
During Mirkovich's sojourn in the academy, he showed great tendencies for mathematical sciences and kept close relationships with outstanding students in Geodesics.
From 27 September 1861, he was Senior Adjutant of the 2nd Infantry Corps in the Crimea and from 22 March 1862, he was appointed Headquarters Officer for special assignments to the Chief of Staff of the 1st Army.
From 10 July 1862 Mirkovich was given the post of special assignments at the Military Headquarters of the troops soon to be relocated in the Kingdom of Poland (Tsarstvo Pol'skoe).
In the period from 20 April and May 1864, Mirkovich as senior HQ adjutant, also took part in combat operations against Polish insurgents, for which he was awarded the Order of Saint Anna, 3rd degree, and on 6 December 1863, he was promoted colonel.
On 19 March 1864 Mirkovich was appointed an official of special assignments VII class with the Chief of the General Staff at Saint Petersburg.
On 12 October 1877 Mirkovich participated at the Siege of Plevna and distinguished himself in the capture of Volyn elevation (Volinska Visochina) on 21–28 November 1877.