Mikhail Kanashev
 photo of 1913 | |
| Deputy of the Fourth Imperial Duma | |
| In office 20 November 1912 – 6 October 1917 | |
| Monarch | Nicholas II / monarchy abolished |
| Succeeded by | post abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mikhail Ivanovich Kanashev 4 September 1866 Orenburg Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | after 1917 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Progressive Party |
Mikhail Ivanovich Kanashev (Russian: Михаил Иванович Канашев; 4 September 1866, Orenburg Governorate — after 1917) was a wachtmeister of the Imperial Russian Army, a head of a village (stanytsia otaman) and a deputy of the Fourth Imperial Duma from the Orenburg Governorate between 1912 and 1917. He adjoined the Progressive Party, but than became an independent deputy. December 3, 1913 he was a member of a group of 39 parliamentarians who signed the Duma legislative proposal "On the establishment of a special spiritual administration (muftiate) for the Muslims of the North Caucasus."
Literature
- Николаев А. Б. Канашев Михаил Иванович (in Russian) // Государственная дума Российской империи: 1906—1917 / Б. Ю. Иванов, А. А. Комзолова, И. С. Ряховская. — Москва: РОССПЭН, 2008. — P. 231. — 735 p. — ISBN 978-5-8243-1031-3.
- Канашев (in Russian) // Члены Государственной думы (портреты и биографии): Четвертый созыв, 1912—1917 г. / сост. М. М. Боиович. — Москва: Тип. Т-ва И. Д. Сытина, 1913. — P. 209. — LXIV, 454, [2] p.
- Законодательное предположение об учреждении особого духовного управления (муфтиата) для мусульман Северного Кавказа // Ab Imperio. — 2011. — No. 4. — P. 279–284. — doi:10.1353/imp.2011.0005. (in Russian)