Count Mikhail Vorontsov

Who they were

Mikhail Vorontsov combined a military career with service as governor-general, taking up his southern imperial administration in 1823. His Alupka palace was built in 1828–1848 to a design by Edward Blore. The museum’s history also records the labour of serf stonemasons brought from Vorontsov estates. The palace expresses an aristocratic household’s resources and status; its commissioner was an imperial official, not a Romanov sovereign.

Alupka Palace Museum — biography of Mikhail Vorontsov

Connection to the palace

Commissioner of the Alupka palace: Vorontsov Palace, Alupka.

See the palace page for visitor access, official websites and attendance data.

Short biography checked on 9 October 2026. Dates above distinguish lifespan, office and construction; this is not a complete biography.