Georgy L'vov
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Knyaz (Prince) Georgy Yevgenyevitch Lvov (Russian: Георгий Евгеньевич Львов, Georgij Evgen'evič L'vov) (November 2, 1861 – March 7, 1925) was a Russian statesman and the first post-imperial prime minister of Russia, from March 23 to July 7, 1917.
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[edit] Pre-Revolution
Prince L'vov was born in Dresden into a Rurikid family, descending from sovereign princes of Yaroslavl. His family moved home to Popovka in the Aleksin region near Tula from Germany soon after his birth. He graduated from the University of Moscow with a degree in law, then worked in the civil service until 1893. During the Russo-Japanese War he organized relief work in the East and in 1905, he joined the liberal Constitutional Democratic Party. A year later he won election to the First Duma and was nominated for a ministerial position. He became chairman of the All-Russian Union of Zemstvos in 1914 and in 1915 he became a leader of the Union of Zemstvos as well as a member of Zemgor, a joint committee of the Union of Zemstvos and the Union of Towns that helped supply the military and tend to the wounded from the Great War.
[edit] 1917
After the 1917 February Revolution, L'vov became the first head of the Russian Provisional Government, holding the title, Minister-President and Minister of the Interior, but resigned 7 July that year amid mounting disorder and following a major demonstration. Despite being initially popular, the continued war had drained his support. His justice minister, Alexander Kerensky, replaced him. When the Bolsheviks took power following the October Revolution, L'vov was placed under arrest, but he escaped to Paris, where he spent the rest of his life.
[edit] Memorials
There is a memorial to Prince L'vov in Aleksin as well as a small exhibition on him in the town museum. In Popovka there is another memorial opposite his local church and a plaque on the wall of the local school he founded. He is buried in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois cemetery in France.
[edit] Further reading
L'vov wrote an autobiography, 'Воспоминания' while in exile and a biography was also written in 1932 by Tikhon Polner entitled 'Жизненный путь князя Георгія Евгеніевича Львова. Личность. Взгляды. Условія дѣятельности'. Neither have been translated but both have been reprinted and are still available in Russian.
[edit] Notes
Note on transliteration: Although L'vov is the standard form, Lvov is also frequently used. A rarer French form, Lvoff, is used on his tombstone. Georgy can be written as Georgi and is sometimes seen in its translated form, George.
| Preceded by Nikolai Golitsyn |
Prime Minister of Russia March 15, 1917—July 7, 1917 |
Succeeded by Alexander Kerensky |
| Preceded by Grand Duke Michael of Russia (as Tsar) |
President of the Russian Provisional Government of 1917 March 15, 1917 — July 7, 1917 |
Succeeded by Alexander Kerensky |
| Prime Ministers of Russia, 1905-1917 |
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| Russian Empire: Sergei Witte • Ivan Goremykin • Pyotr Stolypin • Vladimir Kokovtsov • Ivan Goremykin • Boris Stürmer • Alexander Trepov • Nikolai Golitsyn
Russian Provisional Government: Georgy L'vov • Alexander Kerensky |
[edit] External links
- (Russian) Family Tree
- (Russian) L'vov Days and memorials
- (Russian) Aleksin Museum of Art and Regional Studies
- (Russian) Publishers of L'vov's biographies
