Alexander Lvovich Kazembek
Russian noble (1902–1977)
Alexander Lvovich Kazembek (Russian: Алекса́ндр Льво́вич Казембе́к, or Казем-Бек; French: Alexandre Kasem-Beg; 15 February [O.S. 2 February] 1902 – 21 February 1977), often spelled Kazem-Bek or Kasem-Beg, was a Russian émigré and political activist, and founder of the Mladorossi political group.
Life
Kazembek was born in Kazan into a wealthy noble family. His great-grandfather Alexander Kasimovich Kazembek was a prominent Russian scholar, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the British Royal Asiatic Society to whom The Cambridge History of Russia refers as "a Dagestani Persian of Shi‘i origin". Robert P. Geraci refers to his great-grandfather as "an Azeri who converted to Christianity." The Archival Collections of Columbia University Libraries refers to Kazembek himself as born "into an old noble family of Persian (Azeri) origin". Brill's Christian-Muslim Relations series refers to his great-grandfather as being born "to a prominent Iranian family from the Caucasus", and having a father who was an "Azerbaijani Muslim cleric".
After the October Revolution and the White Army's loss of Povolzhye and Siberia, the Kazembeks emigrated to Belgrade, where Kazembek finished secondary school, and later to Munich. In 1925, Kazembek graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and started working at a credit union in Monte Carlo, Monaco. In 1929, he returned to Paris and was already a famous political activist within Europe's Russian community. In the 1920s, Kazembek founded the Mladorossi. His charismatic persona, clear ideas and oratorical abilities led to strong support of his leadership by many White émigrés.
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