Yevgeny Golovin

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Yevgeny Golovin
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Born 1782
Died 27 June 1858(1858-06-27)
Allegiance Russia Russia

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.

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