Mikhail Speransky

His Excellency Count
Mikhail M. Speransky
His Excellency Count Mikhail M. Speransky
Михаил М. Сперанский
	Portrait by Alexander Varnek, 1824
Born	12 January 1772; Cherkutino, Russia
Died	23 February 1839 (aged 67); St. Petersburg, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Other names	Michael Speransky
Alma mater	Vladimir Theological Seminary; Saint Petersburg Theological Academy
Occupations	Reformer; Lawmaker;
Children	Elisabeth Bagréeff-Speransky
Family	House of Speransky
Honours	Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1812-01-13); Order of St. Vladimir 1st Class (1826); Order of St. Andrew (1833)
State Secretary of the Russian Empire
	In office; 13 January 1810 – 29 March 1812
Monarch	Alexander I
Preceded by	office created
Succeeded by	Alexander Semyonovich Shishkov

Count Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Спера́нский; 12 January 1772 – 23 February 1839)^[1] was a Russian reformist during the reign of Alexander I of Russia, to whom he was a close advisor. Honorary member of the Free Economic Society (1801) and the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1819). He later served under Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and was Active Privy Councillor (1827).^[2] Speransky is referred to as the father of Russian liberalism.^{[citation needed]}