Vladimir Nikolaevich Lvov

Vladimir Nikolaevich Lvov (April 2, 1872 – September 20, 1930, Tomsk) was a Russian politician and statesman, member of the State Duma of the III and IV convocations. Ober-Prosecutor of the Holy Synod (1917; in the Provisional Government). Grandson of A. N. Lvov, brother of the politician N. N. Lvov. Early years Born in a noble family Lvov. Father, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Lvov (1834–1887) – torzhok landowner; grandson of A.N. Lvov and count N.S. Mordvinov, son of N.A. Lvov. Mother – Maria Mikhailovna, née Chelischeva ( – 1915). He graduated from the private men's gymnasium Polivanov, faculty of history and philology Moscow University, was a volunteer at the Moscow Theological Academy. He had wanted to enter the monastery, but the famous old man Barnabas of Gethsemane (Merkulov), now canonized, did not bless him on the tonsure, but found him a bride and performed a wedding ceremony. In his youth he studied music, drew, wrote poetry (later became the author of the words and music of the hymn of the nobility of the Samara province "We carry the sword for the king").