Nicolae Șuțu
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Born in Istanbul into the Phanariote Soutzos family, he left the Danubian Principalities for Imperial Austrian-ruled Transylvania during the Wallachian uprising of 1821. He later returned to Moldavia,
Portrait of Nicolae Șuțu
Pavel Kiselyov
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Count Pavel Dmitrievich Kiselyov or Kiseleff is generally regarded as the most brilliant Russian reformer during Nicholas I's generally conservative reign. Kiselyov was plenipotentiary president of th
Count Pavel D. Kiselyov (portrait by Franz Krüger, 1851).
19th century lithograph depicting Count Pavel Dmitrievitch Kiselev as commander of the imperial Chevaliers-Gardes regiment (1806–1817).
Sofia Kisielew by Sir George Hayter in Paris, 1831 (Hermitage Museum)