Valerian Safonovich
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Valerian Ivanovich Safonovich ' onMouseout='HidePop("13301")' href="/topics/Podolia_Governorate">Podolia Governorate
Podolia Governorate
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 — April 8, 1867 in the Oryol
Oryol
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) — was a Russian
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 statesman
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 and politician who served as ruler of Oryol Governorate from 1854 to 1861.

Educated in Moscow University
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. Worked in the Ministry of the Interior in 1842—1854.

After Nikolay Krusenstern’s transmission from Oryol
Oryol
Oryol or Orel is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River, approximately south-southwest of Moscow...

 to Odessa
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in 1854, Safonovich was appointed ruler of Oryol Governorate (governor). In 1861 he retired from the service.

Literature

  • Иванова Л. В. Сатирическая поэма о Сафоновиче (аннотация) // Орловский гражданский губернатор В. И. Сафонович — Орёл: Издатель Александр Воробьёв, 2004. — С. 40—42. — 66 с. — (Золотая книга Орловщины)
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