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Duke '''Alexei Alexandrovich Shirinsky-Shikhmatov''' was [[Ober-Procurator]] of the [[Apostolic Governing Synod]], the Imperial government governing agency over the [[Church of Russia]], for less than two months in 1906. He succeeded Duke [[Alexis Dmitrievich Obolensky|Alexander Dmitriyevich Obolensky]]. 
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Alexei Alexandrovich was a member of the State Council and the Imperial Court. He served as Ober-Procurator from [[April 26]], 1906 to [[June 9]], 1906 and was succeeded by Peter Petrovich Izvolsky. Alexei Alexandrovich's term of service was the shortest of all the Ober-Procurators. 

On [[April 4]], 1917, Alexei Alexandrovich became the head of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society. Subsequently, he left Russia on [[September 1]], 1918 to escape the new Bolshevik government and settled in Paris, France.

==Source==
*[http://www.ippo-jerusalem.info/english.html Council of Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society Official Statement] Notes his title as Prince

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