Nikolai Perovski

Nikolay Ivanovich Perovsky (; 1785 – 22 April 1858) was an Active State Councillor, Governor of Taurida, Mayor of Feodosia, eldest son of Count Alexey Razumovsky, grandfather of Sophia Perovskaya.

Biography Perovsky was brought up in the house of his aunt Natalya Zagryazhskaya and in 1799, he entered the service of the State College of Foreign Affairs as a student, being included in the Constantinople mission; in 1801 (1 January) he travelled to the Vienna mission, and then (in 1803, 31 August) – to the Dresden mission.

In Crimea

On 28 May 1817, Perovsky was appointed Vice-Governor of Taurida and promoted to state councilor; on 25 May 1820, he became Mayor of Feodosia, and two years later, on 25 February 1822, he was appointed Governor of Taurida, while retaining his post as Mayor of Feodosia. During this period he became acquainted with Konstantin Batyushkov, who lived at that time in the Crimea and was ill. Perovsky arranged for his medical care, and then with his doctor sent him to Saint Petersburg.

On 30 March 1822, Perovsky was promoted to Active State Councillor, and shortly after that, on 16 October 1823, he was dismissed from the post of Governor of Taurida, while remaining Mayor of Feodosia. He departed on annual leave on 23 April 1824 and did not return to the office. By the highest decree on March 24, 1825, was ranked among the College of Foreign Affairs.

After retiring, Perovsky lived in his estate "Alkadar" in the village of Belbek (now Fruktove), Simferopol Uyezd, Taurida Governorate, where he died on 22 April 1858.