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Vladimir Nikolaevich Lvov
Vladimir Nikolaevich Lvov (April 2, 1872 – September 20, 1930, Tomsk) was a Russian politician and statesman, member of the State Duma of the III and IV convocations. Procurator (Russia), Ober-Prosecutor of the Holy Synod (1917; in the Russian Provisional Government, Provisional Government). Grandson of A. N. Lvov, brother of the politician N. N. Lvov. Early years Born in a noble family Lvov dvoryan families, Lvov. Father, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Lvov (1834–1887) – torzhok landowner; grandson of A.N. Lvov and count Nikolay Mordvinov (admiral), N.S. Mordvinov, son of N.A. Lvov. Mother – Maria Mikhailovna, née Chelischeva ( – 1915). He graduated from the private men's gymnasium Polivanov, faculty of history and philology Imperial Moscow University, Moscow University, was a volunteer at the Moscow Theological Academy. He had wanted to enter the monastery, but the famous old man Barnabas of Gethsemane (Merkulov), now canonized, did not bless him on the tonsure, but fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Procurator (Russia)
The Procurator (russian: прокурор, ''prokuror'') was an office initially established in 1722 by Peter the Great, the first Emperor of the Russian Empire, as part of reforms to bring the Russian Orthodox Church more directly under his control. The Russian word also has the meaning of prosecutor. The Chief Procurator (also Ober-Procurator; обер-прокурор, ''ober-prokuror'') was the official title of the head of the Most Holy Synod, effectively the lay head of the Russian Orthodox Church, and a member of the Tsar's cabinet. Konstantin Pobedonostsev, a former tutor both of Alexander III and of Nicholas II, was one of the most powerful men to hold the post, from 1880 to 1905. The General Procurator (Procurator General) and the Chief Procurator were major supervisory positions in the Russian Governing Senate, which functioned from 1711 to 1917, with their meaning changing over time. Eventually Chief Procurator became the title of the head of a department of the Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
