Turgenev, Alexander Ivanovich (1785 – 12/03/1846) – brother of Nikolai Ivanovich T., born in Simbirsk. His father was one of the most enlightened men of his time. Was educated in Moscow .. university hostel, along with VA Zhukovsky, and friendship which lasted until the death of T. He studied history and political science in the Göttingen Univ. and then, together with Kaisarova traveled to the Slavic lands. He served in the Ministry of Justice, took part in the proceedings of the Commission to formulate laws, accompanied by the Empress. Alexander I, abroad, in 1810, appointed Director of the Department of Main Department for Foreign Affairs of spiritual faith; connected with that post title and the Assistant State Secretary for the State Council and a senior member of the board committee to formulate laws. In 1824, Prince AN Golitsyn was dismissed from the title of Minister for Religious Affairs and Public Education, and the Ministry itself has been transformed. Department of Religious Affairs has received a completely different view; T. was discharged from management and still a member of the commission to formulate laws. Since then, he was often abroad, and viewed there archives and libraries, collecting information on ancient and modern history of Russia. The materials thus collected, by order of Emperor. Nicholas I made available to archaeographic Commission and have been issued by it in 1841 and 1842. under the title: "Historiae Russiae Monumenta ex antiquis exterarum gentium archivis et bibliothecis deprompta ab AI Turgenevio". The first volume contains extracts from the Vatican archives from the XI. And the second – the correspondence of the popes and the papal nuncio reports of Russia from 1584 to 1718, as well as acts on Russia, drawn from archives and libraries in England and France from 1557 to 1671, and acts collected Albertrandi for the Polish historian Narushevich. In addition, the TA made statements, mostly from the Paris archives, the era of Peter the Great (see "Zh. Min. Nar. Enlightenment", v. 37, and 41 th). T. was close to many representatives of science and literature of both Russian and foreign. Karamzin, Dmitriev, Vol. NA Vyazemsky were his friends. He took part in the proceedings and the fate of Batyushkov, Pushkin, Kozlov, Baratynsky. All his life he never ceased to learn, and his letter, according to I. Sreznevsky, "one of the jewels of our literature, and the variety and richness of data, they noted, more or less vivid and true, and on their content, according to , the feelings they expressed, on literary merit. " He died in Moscow on December 3. 1846
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