Fyodor Logginovich van Heiden
Fyodor Logginovich van Heiden | |
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Painting by Ivan Kramskoi, 1881 | |
| Born | 15 September [O.S. 3] 1821 Sveaborg, Helsingfors (now Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland), Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 18 January [O.S. 6] 1900 (aged 78) St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
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| Allegiance | Russian Empire |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army |
| Years of service | 1835–1900 |
| Rank | General of the Infantry |
| Commands | Finland Military District (1881–1898) |
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Count Fyodor Logginovich Heiden (born Friedrich Moritz Reichsgraf van Heiden; Russian: Фёдор Логгинович Ге́йден, tr. Fëdor Logginovič Géjden; 15 September [O.S. 3] 1821 – 18 January [O.S. 6] 1900), better known as Count Fyodor Logginovich van Heiden, was a Russian military commander of German-Dutch ancestry who served in the Imperial Russian Army. He served as the Governor-General of Finland 1881–1898. Heiden's 17-year office in the Grand Duchy of Finland encompassed the entire reign of Alexander III of Russia, who appointed him at the start of his own reign to succeed Count Nikolay Adlerberg, and the four first years of the reign of Nicholas II of Russia.