Lev Perovski
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Lev Perovski | |
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| Born | 9 September 1792 |
| Died | 21 November 1856 (aged 64) |
| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University |
Count Lev Alekseyevich von Perovski (Russian: Лев Алексе́евич Перо́вский, also transliterated as Perofsky, Perovskii, Perovskiy, Perovsky, Perowski, and Perowsky; also credited as L.A. Perovski) (9 September 1792 – 21 November 1856) was a Russian nobleman and mineralogist who also served as Minister of Internal Affairs under Nicholas I of Russia.[1]
In 1845, he proposed the creation of the Russian Geographical Society.[2]
The mineral perovskite is named after him.[3]
References
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- 1792 births
- 1856 deaths
- People from Pochepsky District
- People from Mglinsky Uyezd
- Perovsky family
- Counts of the Russian Empire
- Active Privy Councillor (Russian Empire)
- Interior ministers of the Russian Empire
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- Mineralogists from the Russian Empire
- Archaeologists from the Russian Empire
- Imperial Moscow University alumni
- Generals of the infantry (Russian Empire)
- Russian military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
- Decembrists
- Recipients of the Order of St. Andrew
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
- Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia)
- Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 4th class
- Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)
- Burials at Lazarevskoe Cemetery (Saint Petersburg)