russian-style:Jean-Laurent Mosnier - Ivan Muravyov-Apostol with daughterIvan Muravyov-Apostol (1762-
russian-style:Jean-Laurent Mosnier - Ivan Muravyov-Apostol with daughterIvan Muravyov-Apostol (1762-1851) was a very educated man who made a brilliant career including military, diplomatic and court service. Particularly, for some time he was a tutor of Catherine the Great’s grandsons Alexander and Konstantin), later made a contribution to anti-French coalition. He had a reputation of a liberal so it’s not a surprise that all his three sons were a Decembrists (the elder Matvei was exiled till 1856 , the second Sergei was one of the five hanged leaders and the last Ippolit killed himself after Chernigov regiment revolt). -- source link
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