Ivan Nikitich Inzov (; 1768–1845) was a Russian General of the Infantry and a commander in the

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. Chişinău owes to him some of its finest buildings, including the Nativity Cathedral. Inzov's obscure origin and booming career, in combination with his physical likeness to Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, led some of his contemporaries to suspect that his father was Emperor

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(who was only 14 years his senior). In the early 1820s,

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was one of his subordinates at Chişinău (then Kishinev). In the words of Henri Troyat, Inzov "looked upon Pushkin as a being set apart, who must be handled carefully".H. Troyat. ''Pushkin: A Biography'' (1950). P. 149. He was buried in a purpose-built

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in Bolhrad, a city he had founded. He also served as a temporary Governor General of Novorossiia for nearly a year, from July 1822 to May 23, 1823, between Governors General Alexandre Langeron and Mikhail Vorontsov.

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