Lev Perovski

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Lev Perovski
Born(1792-09-09)9 September 1792
Died21 November 1856(1856-11-21) (aged 64)
Alma materImperial Moscow University

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]

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