Alexander Grigoryevich Stroganov (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Строганов;[a] 11 January 1796 [O.S. 31 December 1795] – 14 August [O.S. 2] 1891) was Imperial Russia's minister of the interior from 1839 to 1841 and then a member of the State Council from 1849.

Alexander Stroganov
Александр Строганов
Personal details
BornSaint Petersburg, Russian Empire
DiedOdesa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Resting placeOld Christian Cemetery [uk], Odesa

He also served as the Governor General of Novorossiia and Bessarabia from 1855 to 1863.[1]

He was a member of the Stroganov family.

An 1882 portrait of Stroganov by Ivan Kramskoi

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Notes

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  1. ^ Pre-reform spelling: Александръ Григорьевичъ Строгановъ

References

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  1. ^ Herlihy, Patricia (1991) [1987]. Odessa: A History, 1794–1914. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-916458-15-7.
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