Aleksandr Baryatinskiy Aleksandr Ivanovich Baryatinsky ( Александр Иванович Барятинский in Russian ) ( 1814 – 1879 ) , Russian General and Field Marshal ( since 1859 ) , Prince , governor of the Caucasus . Baryatinsky entered the school of the ensigns of the Guard in his seventeenth year and , on November 8 , 1833 , received his commission of cornet in the Life Guards of the future tsar Alexander II . In 1835 , he served with great gallantry in the Caucasus , and on his return to St.Petersburg was rewarded with a golden sword for valour . On January 1 , 1836 , he was attached to the suite of Alexander , and in 1845 was again ordered off to the Caucasus and again most brilliantly distinguished himself , especially in the attack on Shamil 's stronghold , for which he received the Order of St . George . In 1846 , he assisted Field Marshal Ivan Paskevich to suppress the Krakow Uprising . From 1848 to 1856 he took a leading part in all the chief military events in the Caucasus , his most notable exploits being his victory at Mezeninsk in 1850 and his operations against Shamil in Chechnya . His energetic and at the same time systematic tactics inaugurated a new era of mountain warfare . On January 6 , 1853 , he was appointed adjutant general and , on July 5 of the same year , chief of staff . In 1854 , he took part in the brilliant Kurbsk Dere campaign . On January 1 , 1856 , he became commander-in-chief of the Caucasian army , and , subsequently , governor of the Caucasus . As an administrator , he showed himself fully worthy of his high reputation . Within three years of his appointment , the whole of the eastern Caucasus was subdued and the long elusive Shamil was taken captive . Baryatinsky also conquered many of the tribes of the western Caucasus dwelling between the rivers of Laba and Belaya . By the early 1860s , his health had seriously deteriorated , and on December 6 , 1862 , he was relieved of his post at his own request . He spent the last days of his life abroad and died in Geneva , after forty-eight years of active service . References This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition , a publication now in the public domain . Categories : Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica | 1814 births | 1879 deaths | Rurikids | Russian Field Marshals 