Pavel Dmitriyevich Kiselyov

Pavel Dmitriyevich Kiselyov (born January 19 [January 8, Old Style], 1788, Moscow—died November 26 [November 14, Old Style], 1872, Paris) was a Russian general, statesman, and progressive administrator during the reign of Tsar Nicholas I (1825–55). Kiselyov fought in the war against Napoleon in 1812 and in 1814 became an aide-de-camp to Alexander I, after which his rise was rapid. He served as chief of staff of the Second Army in Ukraine (1819–29) and then...