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(Redirected from Lev Alekseevich Perovskii) Russian nobleman and mineralogist Not to be confused with Lev Nikolaievich Perovski, Aleksei Alekseivich Perovski, or other Counts Perovski.
Lev Perovski
Born(1792-09-09)9 September 1792
Died21 November 1866(1866-11-21) (aged 74)
Alma materImperial 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.

In 1845, he proposed the creation of the Russian Geographical Society.

The mineral perovskite is named after him.

References

  1. Shubin, Daniel (2005). A history of Russian Christianity (volume 3). Algora Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 0-87586-427-9.
  2. Congress of Russian Geographical Society may be held in Karelia, January 20, 2010, by Maxim Tikhonov
  3. De Graef, Marc; Michael E. McHenry (2007). Structure of materials: an introduction to crystallography, diffraction and symmetry. Cambridge University Press. p. 671. ISBN 978-0-521-65151-6. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
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