Career
Markov graduated from Hamina Cadet School in 1881. He served the Imperial Russian Army in Lithuania, the Moscow Military District, and Rostov. From 1892 he served in the general headquarters in Saint St. Petersburg.
From 1903 to 1909 Markov was head of the mobilisation department.
In early 1909 he was made chief of staff of 17th corporations In June 1906 he was appointed military governor of Transbaikal region and chief of Transbaikal Cossack Host.
Markov was vice-chairman of the Senate of Finland from 1909 to 1913, and the last Finnish Minister Secretary of State in Saint St. Petersburg from 1913 to 1917. During the February revolution, Markov was relieved of his duties and placed under house arrest in Saint St. Petersburg.
He was imprisoned by the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution and died in prison in August 1919.
