Vasili Popov - Popowski
Василий Попов
Portrait by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder
President of the Collegium of State Income
In office 1797–1799
Monarch	Paul I
Preceded by	Mikhail Shcherbatov
Succeeded by	Alexey Kozhin
Personal details
Born	1743 Kazan Governorate
Died	5 November 1822(1822-11-05) (aged 78–79) Saint Petersburg
Resting place	Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Military service
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Years of service	1767–1796
Rank	Lieutenant general
Awards

Vasili Stepanovich Popov - Popowski (Russian: Василий Степанович Попов, Polish: Bazyli Popowski; 1743–1822) was an Imperial Russian general and statesman who presided over the office of Prince Potemkin.

Bazyli Popowski vel Vasili Popov was born in the Polish noble family of the Pobóg coat of arms.

The father of Bazyli Popowski was Szczepan Popowski, a state official in Kazan.

Szczepan Popowski was born in the family estate of Popovo - Kuligóv (Polish: Popowo - Kuligowo), today Popowo-Parcele in Poland in Mazovia.

The owner of the Popovo - Kuligov estate was Aleksander Popowski, father of Szczepan Popowski.

In 1792 Popov advised Empress Catherine II of Russia on Polish affairs. It was he who authored the Targowicka Confederation founding act. Emperor Paul appointed him senator.^[1] Popov had large estates in the Ukraine, where the town of Vasylivka bears his name. It was his grandson who built Popov Castle there.

Księga zakroczymska grodzka nr 110, 1745, Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych w Warszawie - Book of the town of Zakroczym, No. 110, 1745, Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw