| Lev Perovski | |
| Birth Date: | 9 September 1792 |
| Alma Mater: | Imperial Moscow University |
Count Lev Alekseyevich von Perovski (Russian: 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.[1]
In 1845, he proposed the creation of the Russian Geographical Society.[2]
The mineral perovskite is named after him.[3]