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Alexander Arkadyevich Suvorov, Prince Italiysky, Count Rymniksky (Russian:Алекса́ндр Арка́дьевич Суво́ров; 13 June 1804, inSaint Petersburg – 12 February 1882, in Saint Petersburg), was a Russian general, diplomat and politician.
His parents wereArkadi Suvorov and his wifeElena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina, making him the grandson ofAlexander Suvorov. His father was drowned in 1811 when Alexander was still a child. He was then sent to the Jesuit college inSaint Petersburg, where he was raised (as was the fashion) alongside other sons of Russian aristocrats. Three years later, due to a change in his attitude towards theJesuits, his uncle Cyril A. Naryshkin (who had himself been taught by the Jesuits) withdrew Alexander from the school and educated him himself, inviting the best teachers. Alexander's mother Elena was then living inFlorence and wanted him beside her, so he moved to Italy, where, at age 13, he was placed in a school run by the famous Swiss educatorFellenberg inHofwyl nearBern. Alexander stayed here for five years, perfectly mastering several foreign languages, as well as studying history and natural sciences.
At the age of 18, he left for Paris, studying at theSorbonne, before moving on to theUniversity of Göttingen. The long time he spent abroad as a young man undoubtedly influenced his worldview and made him familiar with intellectual movements in Western Europe — for example, while studying inGöttingen in 1825, he joined the student associated Corps Curonia Goettingensis or Kuron VII Göttingen (seeStudentenverbindung).
He fought in the Caucasus and in Poland and was repeatedly sent on diplomatic missions to the German courts. In 1848 he becameGovernor-General of Baltic provinces, which he managed highly successfully. From 1861 he wasgovernor general of Saint Petersburg and from 1866inspector general of the infantry. He is buried in the cemetery of theTrinity-Sergius Monastery. He was awarded SerbianOrder of the Cross of Takovo and a number of other decorations.[1]
In 1830 he married Lyubov V Yartsova, and their children were:
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