Английская Википедия:Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:For
Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov (3 January 1733 – 27 September 1811) was a Russian aristocrat and a member of the Stroganov family. He was an assistant to the Minister of the Interior, a longtime President of the Imperial Academy of Arts, director of the Russian Imperial Library and a member of the Russian Academy.
Early life
Stroganov was born on 3 January 1733 in Saint Petersburg, a son of baron Sergey Grigoryevich Stroganov (1707–1756), who played a significant role during the reign of Elizabeth Petrovna. During 1752–1757 he studied at the universities of Geneva, Bologna (art treasures), and Paris (chemistry, physics, and metallurgy). In Paris he was a Freemason and visited Voltaire.[1]
Career
After the death of his father in 1756, he completed the decoration of the Stroganov Palace in 1760. In 1780, he became a Senator.[1] In 1783 he became a member of the Russian Academy, and one of the editors of the Academic Dictionary.
Stroganov was a member of the commission on elaborating the new code of laws during the reign of Catherine the Great (1762–1796). From 1800 until his death he was a president of the Imperial Academy of Arts and director of the Imperial Public Library (1800–1811). He was the second director of the library (after Choiseul-Gouffier). He was also a member of the State Council.[1]
From 1801 as chairman of a board of trustees, he was a supervisor of the Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg.[2]
In 1805 he proposed to Alexander I the establishment of a special Manuscript Depository ("депо манускриптов") at the Imperial Library. Manuscripts taken from the collection of Peter P. Dubrovsky formed the basis of this depository.[1]
Stroganov was also a collector of pictures of famous artists.[2]
Personal life
In 1769, he married Princess Ekaterina Petrovna Trubetskaya, a daughter of Prince Peter Nikitich Trubetskoy. Together, Ekaterina and Alexander were the parents of:
- Count Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov (1774–1817), who married Princess Sophie Golitysn, a daughter of Prince Vladimir Borisovich Golitsyn and Natalya Petrovna.
He died on 27 September 1811 in Saint Petersburg.[1]
References
Further reading
- Кузнецов С. О. Пусть Франция поучит нас "танцовать". Создание Строгоновского дворца в Петербурге и соеобразие придворной культуры России в первой половине XVIII века. СПб., 2003. — 512 c. — Шаблон:ISBN
- Кузнецов С. О. Не хуже Томона. Государственная, меценатская, собирательская деятельность рода Строгоновых в 1771—1817 гг. и формирование имперского облика С.-Петербурга. СПБ.: Нестор, 2006—447 с — Шаблон:ISBN
- Кузнецов С. О. Дворцы и дома Строгоновых. Три века истории.. — М-СПб: Центрполиграф, МиМ-Дельта, 2008. — 319 с. — Шаблон:ISBN
- Susanne Jaeger, Alexander S. Stroganov (1733-1811): Sammler und Mäzen im Russland der Aufklärung, Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2007
- Кузнецов С. О. Строгоновы. 500 лет рода. Выше только цари. - М-СПб: Центрполиграф, 2012. - 558 с - Шаблон:ISBN
External links
- Шаблон:Cite web
- Шаблон:Cite web Строганов Александр Сергеевич Шаблон:In lang
- Кузнецов С. О. Статья «А. С. Строгонов» для журнала «Адреса Петербурга» Шаблон:In lang
- Английская Википедия
- Страницы с неработающими файловыми ссылками
- 1733 births
- 1811 deaths
- Philanthropists from the Russian Empire
- Counts
- Russian librarians
- Members of the Russian Academy
- Stroganov family
- Active Privy Councillors, 1st class (Russian Empire)
- Burials at Lazarevskoe Cemetery (Saint Petersburg)
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
