Lanskoy Sergei Stepanovich

(1787 - 1862).
He received education at home. When Alexander I was the second master "provincial" Masonic lodge, AN. Ants introduced him to the "Union of Welfare, but Lanskoy left the union long before December 14, 1825, Mr.. He was governor of Vladimir and Kostroma. In 1850, Mr.. appointed member of the Council of State. Soon after the reign of Emperor Alexander II Lanskoy received Minister of Internal Affairs (1855), in which he was to take part in the healing of Russia from her chronic disease ". Lansky first concern was to surround himself with knowledgeable people, and he invited the ministry to him personally unfamiliar before PI. Melnikov and AI. Levshina, the latter soon became the soul of all the undertakings of the Ministry. When the Reformation aspirations of the new regime became more determined, the same role was played N.A. Milutin. The aged minister completely trusted them to selected assistants, hence the opinion formed of him as a man "without a strong will". Hardness, however, much needed and to keep the time of the chosen direction. Not always able to Lansky to insist on their views of the Committee of Ministers; significant personal influence among his friends he had and kept only through close to the sovereign court circle (the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich, . Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna),
. For all that, according to one of his chief of staff, YA.A. Solovyov, "from their basic beliefs Lanskoy never wavered". He had to leave the ministry when they began to overpower opposing flow (in April 1861, together with Milyutin). When dismissal Lanskoy received the title of Count. - See. "Russian Antiquities", 1882, t. XXXIII, (note YA.A. Solovyov), "Russian Antiquities", 1879 tons. XXVI ( "Count Lanskoy," A. Chumikova), "Russian Archives" 1879 ( "Count Lanskoy", from the memoirs of PI. Melnikova); Pypin "Social Movement under Alexander I"; Leroy-Beaulieu "Un homme d'etat russe".