Arseny Zakrevsky

Portrait by George Dawe in the Military Gallery

Count Arseny Andreyevich Zakrevsky (Russian: Арсе́ний Андре́евич Закре́вский; September 24, 1783 or 1786 in Tver Governorate January 23, 1865 in Florence) was a Russian statesman and Minister of the Interior from April 19 1828 to November 19 1831.

Son of a poor Tver nobleman of Polish origin,[1] Zakrevsky began his military career in a cadet corps, from which he graduated in 1802 with the rank of junior infantry officer.[2] By 1829 he rose to the rank of infantry general. Between 1824 and 1831, Count Zakrevsky served as the Governor General of the Grand Duchy of Finland. Being a military man and a hard-liner, he was trusted by Emperor Nicholas I. In the period 1828-1831, he also briefly served as the Minister of Interior of the entire empire. He was elevated to the title of count in the Finnish nobility, and was registered in the House of Nobility under the name Zakrewsky as the Finnish comital house number nine. This made him and his family "Finnish citizens", which also meant that afterwards, when out of office, they did not need passports to go to the territory of the grand duchy from the Russian side of the border, a coveted privilege.

References

  1. В.И.Федорченко (2000). "Арсений Андреевич Закревский". Императорский Дом. Выдающиеся сановники: Энциклопедия биографий, т. 1. Красноярск-М.,. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  2. Игорь Мангазеев. "Министры МВД с тверской родословной. Арсений Закревский". Вече Твери. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
Political offices
Preceded by
Fabian Steinheil
Governor-General of Finland
1824-1831
Succeeded by
Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov
Government offices
Preceded by
Vasily Lanskoy
Minister of Interior
1828-1831
Succeeded by
Dimitry Bludov
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