The publication offered to the attention of readers is a biography of Field Marshal, His Grace Prince, Novorossiysk and Bessarabian Governor-General, Governor in the Caucasus M.S. Vorontsov (1782-1856). The personality of this person causes the most controversial assessments of historians and Pushkinist researchers. The former, recognizing in him the talent of a commander and a wise ruler, reproach him for his commitment to the monarchy and call him an agreeable courtier.