Alexander Lvovich Potapov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Льво́вич Пота́пов; 16 September 1818, in Zemlyansky, Voronezh Governorate[1] – 24 October 1886,[2] in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian statesman.
Potapov was Chief of Staff of the Special Corps of Gendarmes from 1861 to 1864, Governor-General of Vilna from 1868 to 1874, and Chief of Gendarmes and Executive Head of the Third Section of H.I.M. Chancellery from 1874 to 1876.
His wife was Princess Ekaterina Vassilievna Obolensky (1820–1871).
References
edit- ^ Иванович, Колпакиди Александр (30 June 2002). Щит и меч.Руководители органов гос. безопасности: руководители органов государственной безопасности Московской Руси, Российскои Империи, Советского Союза и Российской Федерации : энциклопедический справочник (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 207. ISBN 978-5-7654-1497-2. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ SIRIO (in Russian). Russkoe Istoricheskoe Obshchestvo. 1888. p. 178. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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