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Count

Alexander Borisovich

BUTURLIN

1694–1767

Commander-in-Chief of Moscow

12 December 1742 – 1744

Governor-General of Moscow

9 June 1762 – 1763

In 1720, on graduating from the Naval Academy, Alexander Borisovich Buturlin was made a dyenshchik (an officer appointed to the Tsar's retinue). He enjoyed the Emperor's complete trust and was given a number of confidential assignments. In 1735 he was appointed governor of Smolensk. He was also made commander of the Russian troops in the Baltic.

On 12 December 1742, he was appointed to serve in the Moscow Senate office and put in command of all troops quartered in and around the city.

For his military services, Count Buturlin was awarded the order of St. Andrew and the baton of fieldmarshal. In 1760 he was raised to the rank of count. That same year he was also appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian army in Prussia. When military action came to an end, the new emperior, Peter III, appointed Buturlin governor-general of Moscow.

During his governorship, splendid celebrations were held to mark the coronation of Catherine II. Triumphal Gates were erected on Tverskaya Street by Zemlyanoi Gorod, Byely Gorod, Kitai-Gorod and in the Kremlin.

During a visit to Moscow, the Empress signed a decree On Maintaining the Roads in Moscow in a State of Cleanliness and Repair. On the request of the Moscow gubernia office, the Senate issued a decree on 3 September 1762, transferring bridges and ferries across rivers in Moscow to the jurisdiction of the office of the chief of the city police, "which has the duty to maintain the aforesaid in a state of cleanliness and repair". As for the Moscow gubernia office, in whose jurisdiction these bridges and ferries had formerly been, it was charged with ensuring that the police received the money annually provided for their maintenance "without delay".

The official residence of the governor-general was situated close to Solyanoi Gorod (Solyanka Street).

Alexander Borisovich Buturlin died in Moscow and was buried in the Church of St George on Bolshaya Dmitrovka (formerly the Monastery of St George).