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Fyodor Vasilyevich
DUBASOV
1845–1912
Governor-General of Moscow
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24 November 1905 – 5 July 1906
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Dubasov was born into a noble family of the Tver gubernia and graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps. He fought in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878, laying mine-fields under the fire of Turkish monitors and conducting reconnaissance missions with a detachment of launches. He was awarded a gilded sabre with the inscription "for courage". He served for almost twenty years with the Baltic and Pacific fleets.
Dubasov was appointed governor-general of Moscow with the rank of adjutant-general, and his name is linked with one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of the city. The new governor-general ruthlessly suppressed the December armed uprising, earning the anger and condemnation of most of society. There were two attempts on his life.
It is worth noting that the Emperor did not reward him either with promotion or with a medal. The offended Dubasov wrote to S.Yu. Witte, chairman of the Council of Ministers: "I devoted all my reason, ability and will to suppressing the Moscow insurrection, and my efforts were crowned with success. Yet I have reason to think that my actions have not won approval..."
It was only a year later that he was given the rank of colonel and appointed a permanent member of the Council of State Defence.
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