Valerian Ivanovich Safonovich (russian: Валерья́н Ива́нович Сафоно́вич; 1798, Podolia Governorate — 8 April 1867,

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) — was a Russian

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and politician who served as ruler of

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from 1854 to 1861. Educated in

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. Worked in the Ministry of the Interior in 1842—1854. After Nikolay Krusenstern’s transmission from

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in 1854, Safonovich was appointed ruler of Oryol Governorate (governor). In 1861 he retired from the service.

Literature

* Иванова Л. В. Сатирическая поэма о Сафоновиче (аннотация) // Орловский гражданский губернатор В. И. Сафонович — Орёл: Издатель Александр Воробьёв, 2004. — С. 40—42. — 66 с. — (Золотая книга Орловщины) 1798 births 1867 deaths Politicians of the Russian Empire Moscow State University alumni Russian memoirists Russian nobility 19th-century memoirists {{Russia-noble-stub