Lev Perovski

{{Short description|Russian nobleman and mineralogist}}

{{distinguish|text=Lev Nikolaievich Perovski, Aleksei Alekseivich Perovski, or other Counts Perovski}}

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| name = Lev Perovski

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1792|9|9|df=y}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1866|11|21|1792|9|9|df=y}}

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| alma_mater = Imperial Moscow University

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Count Lev Alekseyevich von Perovski ({{langx|ru|Лев Алексе́евич Перо́вский}}, 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.{{cite book |title=A history of Russian Christianity (volume 3) |last=Shubin |first=Daniel |year= 2005 |publisher=Algora Publishing |isbn=0-87586-427-9 |page=208 }}

In 1845, he proposed the creation of the Russian Geographical Society.[http://www.gov.karelia.ru/News/2010/01/0120_12_e.html Congress of Russian Geographical Society may be held in Karelia], January 20, 2010, by Maxim Tikhonov

The mineral perovskite is named after him.{{cite book |title=Structure of materials: an introduction to crystallography, diffraction and symmetry |last= De Graef |first=Marc |author2=Michael E. McHenry |year=2007 |publisher= Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-65151-6 |page=671 |url=http://www.cambridge.org/9780521651516 |access-date=December 16, 2010}}