Mikhail Speransky
Count Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Спера́нский; 12 January 1772 – 23 February 1839) was a Russian reformist during the reign of Alexander I of Russia, to whom he was a close advisor. Honorary member of the Free Economic Society (1801) and the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1819). He later served under Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and was Active Privy Councillor (1827). Speransky is referred to as the father of Russian liberalism.
Mikhail M. Speransky | |
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Михаил М. Сперанский | |
Portrait by Alexander Varnek, 1824 | |
| Born | 12 January 1772 |
| Died | 23 February 1839 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Other names | Michael Speransky |
| Alma mater | Vladimir Theological Seminary Saint Petersburg Theological Academy |
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| Children | Elisabeth Bagréeff-Speransky |
| Family | House of Speransky |
| Honours | Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1812-01-13) Order of St. Vladimir 1st Class (1826) Order of St. Andrew (1833) |
| State Secretary of the Russian Empire | |
| In office January 13, 1810 – March 29, 1812 | |
| Monarch | Alexander I |
| Preceded by | office created |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Semyonovich Shishkov |
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