Alexander Gagarin

Prince A. I. Gagarin

Prince Alexander Ivanovich Gagarin (Russian: Александр Иванович Гагарин) (1801 – October 27, 1857) was a Russian general and nobleman of Rurikid ancestry who was involved in the Caucasian and Crimean wars. In 1857, he served as a governor-general of Kutaisi and was killed by Constantine Dadeshkeliani, the deposed Prince of Svanetia, during a quarrel at Kutaisi.

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