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Count Alexander Grigorovich Kushelev-Bezborodko (russian: Александр Григорьевич Кушелев-Безбородко; 4 September 1800, St. Petersburg - 6 April 1855,

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) was a Russian Imperial nobleman and politician.

Life

His parents were Grigori Grigorovich Kushelev (1754-1833) and his wife Ljubov' Il'inična Bezborodko (1783-1809). He was strongly influenced by his aunt, princess Lobanov-Rostov. In 1813 he began studying at the

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. After graduating he left St Petersburg for

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(where he met

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) and Berlin (where he inspected the

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). He regularly kept his father informed of his findings by letter. He later returned to St Petersburg, where he was made a chamberlain in 1820. He was elected an honorary member of the

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in 1830 and seven years later was made director of the Treasury Department. In 1844 he became a senator and three years later an honorary trustee. From 13 March 1854 to his death he was Controller of State. He was buried in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery.

Marriage and issue

On 30 January 1829 he married Aleksandra Nikolaevna Repnina-Volkonskaja (1805-1836), daughter of

Nikolai Repnin-Volkonsky Prince Nikolai Grigoryevich Repnin-Volkonsky (Russian: Николай Григорьевич Репнин-Волконский; 1778 – 6/18 January 1845Old Style / New Style) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army. Life He was the son o ...

and Varvara Alekseevna Razumovskaja. They had five children: * Varvara Alexandrovna (1829–1896), married Pëtr Arkadievič Kočubej, six children * Alexandra Alexandrovna (1830–1833) * Grigori Alexandrovich (1832–1870) * Lyubov Aleksandrovna (1833-1913), married Aleksej Ivanovič Musin-Puškin * Nikolai Alexandrovich (1834–1862), married Elizaveta Ivanovna Bazilevskaja

Sources

*http://realty.lenta.ru/news/2011/12/23/dar/ *https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C {{DEFAULTSORT:Kushelev-Bezborodko, Alexander Counts of the Russian Empire Politicians of the Russian Empire 1800 births 1855 deaths Nobility from Saint Petersburg Burials at the Dukhovskaya Church Privy Councillor (Russian Empire)