Alexander Gorchakov

Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Горчако́в), (15 July 1798 – 11 March 1883) was a Russian diplomat and statesman from the Gorchakov princely family. He has an enduring reputation as one of the most influential and respected diplomats of the mid-nineteenth century. Scholars agree that the termination of the demilitarisation of the Black Sea was Gorchakov's greatest accomplishment, but add that he stayed too long as foreign minister.