Mikhail Speransky

Count Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky (January 1 (O.S.), 1772 - April 11 (O.S.), 1839) was probably the greatest of Russian reformers in the period between Peter the Great and Alexander the Liberator. A close advisor to Tsar Alexander I of Russia, he is sometimes called the father of Russian liberalism.

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January 1 - O.S. - 1772 - April 11 - 1839 - Russia - Peter the Great - Alexander the Liberator - Alexander I of Russia - Liberalism

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