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Alexander Glebov (1722)

Alexander Ivanovich Glebov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Гле́бов, 1722–1790) was a Russian statesman, Prosecutor General of the Governing Senate in 1761–64, owner of the Vinogradovo Estate. He lost his position due to bribery.

He was born on September 6, 1722, in the noble family of the Glebovs.

At the age of fifteen, he was assigned a sergeant in the Butyrka Infantry Regiment, in which he stormed the Turkish fortress of Ochakov; on August 17, 1739, in the Battle of Stavuchany, in the rank of lieutenant, he commanded a small detachment, showing outstanding courage and ingenuity. In this battle he was seriously wounded.

He was in military service until 1749, after which he transferred to the "state" in the rank of collegiate assessor. He managed to win the trust of an important Elizabethan dignitary, Count Peter Shuvalov, who took him under his patronage. Thanks to the count, Glebov took the post of Chief Secretary of the Senate in 1754, and two years later became Chief Prosecutor.

In November 1758, he was awarded the Order of Saint Anna, and on August 16, 1760, he was appointed General Kriegskommissar. Unlike Prince Yakov Shakhovsky, Alexander Glebov performed his duties not so zealously, which especially affected the supply of the army during the war with Prussia.

On December 25, 1761, Peter III, who had just ascended the throne, appointed Alexander Glebov as Prosecutor General of the Senate. Being very friendly with the emperor, he quickly took a strong place among the nobles close to the monarch.

He was entrusted with the preparation of a number of important legalizations. In particular, Alexander Glebov is one of the authors of the famous manifestos: of February 18, 1762 "On the Granting of Liberty and Freedom to the Entire Russian Nobility" and of February 21, 1762, "On the Destruction of the Secret Chancellery".

On February 10, 1762, he was awarded the Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, becoming the first Alexander Knight of the reign of Peter III.

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