Alexander Alexandrovich Polovtsov, Sr. was a Russian statesman, historian and patron; he was also known as the founder of the Imperial Russian Historical Society, which was founded in 1866 and dissolved in 1917.
- Occupation
- politician, historian, secretary of state
- Position held
- state secretary, member of the State Council of the Russian Empire
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- June 12, 1832
- Died
- October 7, 1909
