Lev Perovski

Not to be confused with Lev Nikolaievich Perovski, Aleksei Alekseivich Perovski, or other Counts Perovski.

Count Lev Alekseyevich von Perovski (Russian: Лев Алексе́евич Перо́вский, also transliterated as Perofsky, Perovskii, Perovskiy, Perovsky, Perowski, and Perowsky; also credited as L.A. Perovski) (9 September 1792 – 21 November 1856) was a Russian nobleman and mineralogist who also served as Minister of Internal Affairs under Nicholas I of Russia.^[1]

Lev Perovski
Born	(1792-09-09)9 September 1792
Died	21 November 1866(1866-11-21) (aged 74)
Alma mater	Imperial Moscow University

In 1845, he proposed the creation of the Russian Geographical Society.^[2]

The mineral perovskite is named after him.^[3]