Count Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey (1768 – 1834) was a Russia

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n statesman and a close aide of Alexander I of Russia

Alexander I of Russia

Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....

. Of Ukrainian birth, he was a great-grandson of the celebrated Vasily Kochubey

Vasily Kochubey

Vasily Leontiyovych Kochubey was a Ukrainian nobleman and statesman of Tatar descent. His great-grandson was the eminent imperial statesman Viktor Kochubey. The family name is also spelled Kotchoubey and Kotschoubey Between 1687 and 1704 Kochubey was a close associate of the Ukrainian hetman...

. He took part in the Privy Committee that outlined Government reform of Alexander I

Government reform of Alexander I

The early Russian system of government instituted by Peter the Great, which consisted of various state committees, each named Collegium with subordinate departments named Prikaz, was largely outdated by the 19th century...

. He served in London

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 and Paris

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 embassies as counsel, then Ambassador to Turkey

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. In 1798 he was appointed to the board of College of Foreign Affairs and was created Count next year, but then Paul I of Russia

Paul I of Russia

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 exiled him. At the start of the reign of Alexander I of Russia

Alexander I of Russia

Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....

, he joined the liberal Privy Committee that outlined Government reform of Alexander I

Government reform of Alexander I

The early Russian system of government instituted by Peter the Great, which consisted of various state committees, each named Collegium with subordinate departments named Prikaz, was largely outdated by the 19th century...

. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1801–1802 and also Minister of the Interior until 1812, then in 1819–1825. Since 1827 he was the President of the State Council

State Council of Imperial Russia

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 and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers

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. In 1834, created knyaz

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 (prince) and made Imperial Chancellor.