The illegitimate son of Count Aleksey Kirillovich Razumovsky [ru], who became Russia's Minister of National Education, Perovsky studied at Moscow University, then joined the retinue of Emperor Alexander I in 1811. As he retreated toward Moscow after the 1812 Battle of Borodino the French took him prisoner; he remained in captivity until the fall of Paris in 1814.
Perovsky was seriously wounded in Russia's 1828 war with Turkey.
The illegitimate son of Count Aleksey Kirillovich Razumovsky [ru], who became Russia's Minister of National Education, Perovsky studied at Moscow University, then joined the retinue of Emperor Alexander I in 1811. As he retreated toward Moscow after the 1812 Battle of Borodino the French took him prisoner; he remained in captivity until the fall of Paris in 1814.
Perovsky was seriously wounded in Russia's 1828 war with Turkey.
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