Nikolay Saltykov

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Count Nikolay Ivanovich Saltykov (Russian: Николай Иванович Салтыков, 31 October, 1736 - 28 May 1816) was a Russian Field Marshal and imperial courtier.

He was the head of the Russian Army as the president of the the War Collegium 1791 – 1802. He was also the Lieutenant Grand Master of the Order of Malta from 1801 - 1803. He is credited as the tutor of the eventual Tsar Paul I of Russia and his two sons, Konstantin Pavlovich Romanov, and Tsar Alexander I of Russia

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• (Russian) Николай Иванович Салтыков (Nikolay Saltykov)

Preceded by Paul I of Russia de facto	Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller 1801–1803 Lieutenant de facto	Succeeded by Giovanni Battista Tommasi
Preceded by Nikolay Petrovich Rumyantsev	Chairman of the Committee of Ministers 1812 — 1816	Succeeded by Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin