Aleksandr Alekseevich Khvostov (; 8 January 1857 – 23 November 1921) was an

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politician. After graduating from the Imperial Alexander Lyceum, he entered the Ministry of Justice. He served as Minister of Justice from July 19, 1915, to July 22, 1916, and was responsible for the trial of

Vladimir Sukhomlinov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sukhomlinov ( rus, Владимир Александрович Сухомлинов, p=sʊxɐˈmlʲinəf; – 2 February 1926) was a Russian general in the Imperial Russian Army who served as the Chief of the General Staf ...

. He became Minister of Interior from July 22, 1916, to September 29, 1916 (

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). He was (and became known as) the uncle of Alexei Khvostov.

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* ''Out of My Past: The Memoirs of Count Kokovtsov'' Edited by H.H. Fisher and translated by Laura Matveev; Stanford University Press, 1935. * ''The Memoirs of Count Witte'' Edited and translated by Sydney Harcave; Sharpe Press, 1990. {{DEFAULTSORT:Khvostov, Aleksandr Alekseevich 1857 births 1922 deaths Monarchists from the Russian Empire Interior ministers of the Russian Empire Members of the State Council (Russian Empire) Aleksandr