Vladimir Ivanovitch Markoff ''(Markov)'' (26 July 1859

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– August 1919

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) was a Finnish

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who was also the vice-chairman of the economic division (

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) of the

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from 1909 to 1913 and the Finnish Minister Secretary of State in

from 1913 to 1917. Appointing him was part of the Russification of Finland.

Biography

His parents were the Viborg merchant Ivan Markov and Elisabet Markov. In 1887 he married Vera Vasiljevna Popova, daughter of the Saint Petersburg merchant Vasili Popov. Markov graduated from

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in 1881. He served the

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, the Moscow Military District, and Rostov. From 1892 he served in the general headquarters in Saint Petersburg. From 1903 to 1909 Markov was head of the mobilisation department. In early 1909 he was made chief of staff of 17th corps. In June 1906 he was appointed military governor of Transbaikal region and chief of

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. Markov was vice-chairman of the

from 1909 to 1913, and the last Finnish Minister Secretary of State in

from 1913 to 1917. During the

February revolution The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and somet ...

, Markov was relieved of his duties and placed under house arrest in St. Petersburg.Osmo Jussila, Seppo Hentilä, Jukka Nevakivi. From Grand Duchy to modern state: a political history of Finland since 1809. P. 9

/ref> He was imprisoned by the

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s after the

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and died in prison in August 1919.

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Suomalaiset kenraalit ja amiraalit Venäjän sotavoimissa 1809–1917 - Markoff, Vladimir Ivanovitš
1859 births 1919 deaths People from Hamina People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Imperial Russian Army generals Finnish senators Grand Duchy of Finland Russian military personnel Finnish people of Russian descent Russian people who died in prison custody Prisoners who died in Soviet detention {{Russia-mil-bio-stub