Prince Alexey Alekseevich Dolgorukov (May 14, 1767 – August 11, 1834) was a Russian statesman, Actual Privy Councillor (1832), Simbirsk (1808–1815) and Moscow (1815–1817) Governor, Senator (1817), Prosecutor General (1827–1829), manager of the Ministry of Justice (1827–1829), member of the State Council (from 1829).
He belonged to the poor senior branch of the Dolgorukovs, descended from Prince Alexey Grigorievich, exiled to Berezov. Born in the third marriage of the latter's youngest son, Alexey (1716–1792). He had brothers, princes: Gregory, Ivan, Pavel, Yakov, Andrey and sisters, princesses: Catherine, the wife of the guard captain Peter Menshikov, and Anna, the wife of Nikolai Matrunin.
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According to Vigel, "up to the rank of colonel, he was in military service; but, knowing that he was born a more peaceful, albeit more active citizen than a soldier, he moved to the state one".
In the 9th year from birth, he was signed up in the artillery (January 1, 1776), from where he was subsequently transferred to the guard, in which, 15 years after the date of enlistment, he received the rank of ensign (1791). Transferred to the army regiment as prime major (1795). Received the rank of lieutenant colonel and awarded the Order of Saint Anna, 3rd Degree and Commander of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (1798). Promoted to colonel (October 1, 1799).
He left military service with a transfer to the rank of Actual State Councillor (July 6, 1803). He was numbered in the heraldry (1805), then appointed prosecutor in the chapter of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. He was appointed as the Simbirsk Civil Governor (1808). From that time on, the official activities of Prince Alexei Dolgorukov began to draw attention to themselves.