Alexander Knyazhevich

Alexander Knyazhevich
Minister of Finance
In office
23 March 1858 – 23 January 1862
MonarchAlexander II
Preceded byPeter Brock
Succeeded byMichael von Reutern
Personal details
BornAlexander Maximovich Knyazhevich
11 October [O.S. 30 September] 1792
Died2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1872
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

Alexander Maximovich Knyazhevich (Russian: Александр Максимович Княжевич; 11 October [O.S. 30 September] 1792 – 2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1872) was a Russian statesman of Serbian origin who served as the minister of finance from 1858 to 1862.[1][2] His career in civil service began in 1811 and he was a comrade of Georg Ludwig Cancrin, who previously served as minister from 1823 to 1844. Knyazhevich was a supporter of tax farmers and opposed reform.[3]

References

  1. ^ Cahiers du monde russe, Volume 36 [Notebooks of the Russian world, Volume 36] (in French). 1995. p. 226.
  2. ^ Yanni, Kotsonis (2014). States of Obligation: Taxes and Citizenship in the Russian Empire and Early Soviet Republic. University of Toronto Press. p. 43. ISBN 1442643544.
  3. ^ Christian, David (1990). 'Living Water' : Vodka and Russian Society on the Eve of Emancipation: Vodka and Russian Society on the Eve of Emancipation. Clarendon Press. p. 353. ISBN 0191590762.