Statesmen
Alexander Menshikov
Close associate of Peter I
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- 1703–1727
A military commander and administrator, and one of Peter I's closest associates. He gained great influence under Catherine I, but under Peter II he was stripped of his ranks and property and sent into exile. The timeline highlights the period in which he held his highest state offices.
- Lifetime
- 1673–1729
- Role
- Governor-general, field marshal, then generalissimo
- Fall from power
- Disgrace and exile, 1727