Pyotr Bagration

Pyotr Bagration (24th of September/6th of October 1818, Kizlyar, Caucasus Governorate, Russian Empire – 17th/29th of January 1876, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire)– a researcher and public figure, from 1870 to 1876 governor-general of Livonia, Estonia and Courland.

Pyotr Bagration was the nephew of great Russian military leader  Pyotr Bagration. He received military education, did research in the field of physics.

In 1870 he was appointed governor-general of the Baltic region. In Riga he promoted the obligatory study of Russian language at schools, helped Riga Polytechnicum (future Riga Polytechnic Institute).

In addition, Bagration rendered assistance to the Orthodox Church in the region, especially founding the construction of the Nativity Cathedral in Riga. The project was completed after his death in 1876.

Alexander Gurin