Georgy Gruzinsky

Georgy Gruzinsky
Prince Gruzinsky by Carl Peter Mazer, 1840s
Born2 November 1762
Died15 May 1852(1852-05-15) (aged 89)
Burial
Church of Lyskovo
SpouseVarvara Bakhmetyeva
IssueAnna Gruzinsky Tolstaya
DynastyBagrationi dynasty
FatherAlexander Gruzinsky
MotherDaria Menshikova
ReligionGeorgian Orthodox Church

Prince Georgy Aleksandrovich Gruzinsky (Russian: Георгий Александрович Грузинский; 2 November 1762 – 15 May 1852) was a Russian nobleman of royal Georgian descent. An influential landowner and official in Nizhny Novgorod, he was known for his authoritarian rule over his estates as well as charity.[1] During Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, he raised a local militia force to fight the French.

  1. ^ Lieven, Dominic, ed. (2006). The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 2, Imperial Russia, 1689-1917. Cambridge University Press. p. 273. ISBN 0521815290.