Georgy Lvov

January 2, 1861 (age 64)

Tula, Russia

After studies he held minor posts in the ministry of the interior for seven years. In 1893 he left government service to start a long career in local self-government, having been elected to the executive board of the Tula zemstvo (provincial assembly), of which he was elected president in 1902. In 1906 he was elected to the first Duma, where he joined the right wing of the Constitutional Democratic (Kadet) Party. When World War I broke out in 1914, he became president of the union of zemstvos and one of the two presidents of Zemgor (union of zemstvos and cities), which carried on a great deal of noncombatant work for the Russian armies. After the February Revolution of 1917 he was appointed, on March 15, premier of the Provisional Government and minister of the interior. Facing a growing opposition from the left, he reorganized the government on May 18, when most of the right-wing liberals resigned, but he could not maintain his position and finally resigned both offices on July 20th. After the Bolshevik Revolution in November, he was arrested and imprisoned in Yekaterinburg but escaped to Siberia. Later he headed the Russian National Committee in Paris, which attempted to represent Russian interests at the peace conference. Later, he left politics, lived in Paris and was poor. He worked as handicraft and wrote memoirs.

Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov

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Background

Lvov was born on November 2, 1861, on the family estate in the province of Tula, scion of an old aristocratic family of wealthy landowners.

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He graduated from the law school of the University of Moscow in 1885.

Career

After studies he held minor posts in the ministry of the interior for seven years. In 1893 he left government service to start a long career in local self-government, having been elected to the executive board of the Tula zemstvo (provincial assembly), of which he was elected president in 1902. In 1906 he was elected to the first Duma, where he joined the right wing of the Constitutional Democratic (Kadet) Party.

When World War I broke out in 1914, he became president of the union of zemstvos and one of the two presidents of Zemgor (union of zemstvos and cities), which carried on a great deal of noncombatant work for the Russian armies. After the February Revolution of 1917 he was appointed, on March 15, premier of the Provisional Government and minister of the interior. Facing a growing opposition from the left, he reorganized the government on May 18, when most of the right-wing liberals resigned, but he could not maintain his position and finally resigned both offices on July 20th.

After the Bolshevik Revolution in November, he was arrested and imprisoned in Yekaterinburg but escaped to Siberia. Later he headed the Russian National Committee in Paris, which attempted to represent Russian interests at the peace conference. Later, he left politics, lived in Paris and was poor. He worked as handicraft and wrote memoirs.

Achievements

He became the first post-imperial prime minister of Russia. There is a memorial to Georgy Lvov 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.

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He married Countess Julia Alexeievna Bobrinskaya (1867–1903), great-great-granddaughter of Grigory Orlov and Catherine the Great, without issue.

Spouse:: Countess Julia Alexeievna Bobrinskaya

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