Yevgeny Golovin | |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1782 |
Birth Place: | Moscow Governorate |
Death Place: | Smolensk Governorate |
Occupation: | General |
Education: | Imperial Moscow University (1797) |
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Golovin (Russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Голови́н; 1 May 1782 - 27 June 1858) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army.[1] In 1811 was appointed commander of Fanagoriyskaya Regiment and steadily rose through the ranks until he was promoted to General of Infantry in 1839. He was also Commander-in-Chief in the Caucasus from 1838 to 1842 and Governor-General of Baltic provinces from 1845 to 1848.