Aleksandr Potapov (statesman)

Alexander Lvovich Potapov (russian: Алекса́ндр Льво́вич Пота́пов; 15 September 1818, in

Zemlyansky Zemlyansky (russian: Землянский), female form Zemlyanska, is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Vyacheslav Zemlyansky Vyacheslav Yuryevich Zemlyansky (russian: Вячеслав Юрьевич Землянск� ...

Voronezh Governorate Voronezh Governorate (russian: Воронежская губерния, ''Voronezhskaya guberniya''; uk, Воронізька губернія) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and th ...

– 24 October 1886, in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) was a Russian statesman. Potapov was Chief of Staff of the

Special Corps of Gendarmes The Separate Corps of Gendarmes (russian: Отдельный корпус жандармов) was the uniformed security police of the Imperial Russian Army in the Russian Empire during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its main responsibilitie ...

from 1861 to 1864,

Governor-General of Vilna Vilna Governorate-General, known as Lithuania Governorate-General (russian: Литовское генерал-губернаторство, li, Vilniaus generalgubernatorija) before 1830, was a Governorate-General of the Russian Empire from 1794 ...

from 1868 to 1874, and Chief of Gendarmes and Executive Head of the

Third Section The Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery (russian: Tretiye Otdeleniye, or ''III otdeleniye sobstvennoy E.I.V. kantselyarii'' - in full: Третье отделение Собственной Его Императорского � ...

of H.I.M. Chancellery from 1874 to 1876. His wife was Princess Ekaterina Vassilievna Obolensky (1820–1871). 1818 births 1886 deaths Chiefs of the Special Corps of Gendarmes Governors-General of Lithuania {{Russia-politician-stub