Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov
Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov (3 January 1733 – 27 September 1811) was a Russian aristocrat and a member of the
Early life
Stroganov was born on 3 January 1733 in
Career
After the death of his father in 1756, he completed the decoration of the Stroganov Palace in 1760. In 1780, he became a Senator.[1] In 1783 he became a member of the Russian Academy, and one of the editors of the Academic Dictionary.
Stroganov was a member of the commission on elaborating the new
From 1801 as chairman of a board of trustees, he was a supervisor of the
In 1805 he proposed to Alexander I the establishment of a special Manuscript Depository ("депо манускриптов") at the Imperial Library. Manuscripts taken from the collection of Peter P. Dubrovsky formed the basis of this depository.[1]
Stroganov was also a collector of pictures of famous artists.[2]
Personal life
In 1769, he married Princess Ekaterina Petrovna Trubetskaya, a daughter of Prince Peter Nikitich Trubetskoy. Together, Ekaterina and Alexander were the parents of:
- Count Natalya Petrovna.
He died on 27 September 1811 in Saint Petersburg.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Ландер, Н. Г. Строганов Александр Сергеевич. биографическая справка на сайте РНБ (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ a b "Строганов Александр Сергеевич". Русская национальная философия. Retrieved 5 December 2010. Строганов Александр Сергеевич (in Russian)
Further reading
- ISBN 5-303-00109-1
- Кузнецов С. О. Не хуже Томона. Государственная, меценатская, собирательская деятельность рода Строгоновых в 1771—1817 гг. и формирование имперского облика С.-Петербурга. СПБ.: Нестор, 2006—447 с — ISBN 5-303-00293-4
- Кузнецов С. О. Дворцы и дома Строгоновых. Три века истории.. — М-СПб: Центрполиграф, МиМ-Дельта, 2008. — 319 с. — ISBN 978-5-9524-3471-4
- Susanne Jaeger, Alexander S. Stroganov (1733-1811): Sammler und Mäzen im Russland der Aufklärung, Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2007
- Кузнецов С. О. Строгоновы. 500 лет рода. Выше только цари. - М-СПб: Центрполиграф, 2012. - 558 с - ISBN 978-5-227-03730-5
External links
- Ландер, Н. Г. Строганов Александр Сергеевич. биографическая справка на сайте РНБ (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- "Строганов Александр Сергеевич". Русская национальная философия. Retrieved 5 December 2010. Строганов Александр Сергеевич (in Russian)
- Кузнецов С. О. Статья «А. С. Строгонов» для журнала «Адреса Петербурга» (in Russian)
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