GALLITZIN, a princely family of Russia, of which many members have been nota ble. In 1514, prince MIKIIAIL commanded a Russian army against the Poles; he was defeated by Ostrogski, and kept a prisoner 38 years, with his brother Dimitri. Soon after his release, Mikhail died in a convent. Prince VASILI in 1605 espoused the cause of the usurper Demetrius, murdered the son of Boris Godunoff, was rewarded by Demet rius, but at last conspired against him, and was a party to his death. He was also con cerned in the conspiracy which overthrew Demetrius's successor, and was the leader of the deputation which offered the Russian crown to the son of Sigismund of Poland. The offer was deemed an insult, and the envoys were imprisoned at Kiev, where Vasili died. Prince VASILI, called the great, b. 1633, fought against the Turks, and became attaman (chief leader) of the Cossacks. He supported the designs of Sophia against her brother Peter the great, and when the conspiracy was quelled, he was banished to Archangel, where he died. Prince MIKHAIL, b. 1674, was greatly distinguished as a
commander in the wars of Peter the great; Catherine created him field-marshal. Prince ALEXANDER, son of prince M.. b. 1718, served with distinction under prince Eugene, dying in 1783. DINErrur, b. 1721, was envoy to Austria, but is better known as the founder of a great hospital in Moscow. Another DIMITRI, b. 1735, was envoy to Franco and Holland, and distinguished himself as a writer on scientific subjects. His wife AMALIE, b. 1748, became the center of a band of religious writers, and was herself remarkable for literary ability as well as for personal beauty: Prince SERGEI distin guished himself in the wars with the Turks, Poles, and Austrians, from 1794 till 1809. EMANUEL, b. 1834, has gained distinction iu the Russian army, and as a writer of books of travel.