Nikolai Gorchakov (Great White South)

Nikolai Gorchakov was the last Governor of the colony of, from 1900 until his Assassination during the Russian Civil War in 1918.

Early Life
Born in 1854 in a small rural town in the Colony; he studied at the University of in Russian East Antarctica (the first University on the Continent) and in 1879 became a practicing Lawyer. In 1894, he entered into Politics, and became the Mayor of Novy Irkutsk (now, ), the capital of Russian West Antarctica.

Governor
In 1900, Governor Vladimir Chernov died, and Gorchakov was unexpectedly appointed as his successor by Czar Nicholas. The Czar's advisers had convinced him to appoint a local Politician, rather than a Native Russian, as all previous Governors had been; and Nicholas naturally chose Gorchakov (without knowing much about him), as he held the highest elective position in the Colony.

Even Gorchakov himself was surprised by this, as he was a vocal anti-Monarchist, who had frequently expressed his support for a Russian Republic; and so he did not expect the Czar to bestow such an honor upon him. In reality, Nicholas' decision was ill-informed, and the Czar had no real knowledge about Gorchakov before appointing him.

Russian Civil War
In Construction

Political Views
In Construction