Georgy Yevgenyevich L'vov

Knyaz (Prince) Georgy Yevgenyevich L'vov (Russian: Георгий Евгеньевич Львов; 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. Kniaz’ or knyaz is a word found in some Slavic languages, denoting a nobility rank. ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Prime Minister of Russia is the current Head of Government of the Russian Federation. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in leap years). ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

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. The Lvov Crest Lvov (Russian: ) is the name of a princely Russian family of Rurikid stock. ... For other uses, see Dresden (disambiguation). ... Rurik Dynasty ... A public building in Yaroslavl Yaroslavl (Russian: ) is a city in Russia, the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located 250 km north-east of Moscow at . ... Aleksin (Russian: ) is a town in Tula Oblast, Russia. ... Tula (Russian: ) is an industrial city in the European part of Russia, located 165 km to the south of Moscow, on the river Upa, at . ... Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: Московский государственный университет имени Ðœ.Ð’.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is the largest and the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ... Combatants Imperial Russia Empire of Japan Commanders N/A N/A Strength 500,000 Soldiers 400,000 Soldiers Casualties 134,817+ KIA/POW, 170,000 MIA etc. ... The Constitutional Democratic Party (Constitutional Democrats, formally Party of Popular Freedom, informally Cadets) was a liberal political party in Tsarist Russia. ... State Duma of the Russian Empire was a legislative assembly in the late Russian Empire. ... Zemstvo was a form of local government instituted during the great liberal reforms performed in Imperial Russia by Alexander II of Russia. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

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. The February Revolution (N.S.: March Revolution) of 1917 in Russia was the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... The Russian Provisional Government was formed in Petrograd after the deterioration of the Russian Empire and the abdication of the Tsars. ... The July Days took place between July 4 and 7 July in 1917 in Russia when sailors and industrial workers of Petrograd rioted against the Russian Provisional Government. ... Alexander Kerensky Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (Russian: ; May 2 [O.S. April 22] 1881 – June 11, 1970) was a Russian revolutionary leader who was instrumental in toppling the Russian monarchy. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... Red October redirects here. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...

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. Aleksin (Russian: ) is a town in Tula Oblast, Russia. ... Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is a commune in the Essonne département, in France, some 30 km south of Paris, just north of junction 42 on the orbital Francilienne road. ...

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.

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. There exist many possible systems for transliterating the Cyrillic alphabet of the Russian language to English or the Latin alphabet. ...

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