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Pavel Dmitriyevich Kiselyov
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Pavel Dmitriyevich Kiselyov

Russian statesman
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Kiselyov also spelled:
Kiselev
Born:
January 19 [January 8, Old Style], 1788, Moscow
Died:
November 26 [November 14, Old Style], 1872, Paris (aged 84)
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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 carried out a number of progressive reforms as administrator of Moldavia and Walachia (1829–34). He was promoted to full general and became a member of ...(100 of 175 words)

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