Lev Perovski
Count Lev Alekseyevich von Perovski (, 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. In 1845, he proposed the creation of the Russian Geographical Society. The mineral perovskite is named for him. References

Interior ministers of the Russian Empire
Politicians from the Russian Empire
Mineralogists from the Russian Empire
1792 births
1856 deaths
Burials at Lazarevskoe Cemetery (Saint Petersburg)
Imperial Moscow University alumni