Pavel Dmitrievich Kisselev

Pawel Kisseljow (Portrait of Franz Krüger , 1851)

Pawel Dmitrijewitsch Kisseljow ( Russian Павел Дмитриевич Киселёв ; also Pavel Kisseleff ; * January 8th ^July / January 19,  1788 ^greg. In Moscow ; † November 14th ^jul. / November 26,  1872 ^greg. In Paris ) was a general and Russian Reformer.

Life

Kisseljow was married to Countess Sofia, the daughter of Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki . He had a daughter with her, but she died very early. During the Russo-Turkish war he became plenipotentiary chairman of the Moldovan and Wallachian State Councils (divanuri). From 1829 on, General Kisselev also ruled in Bucharest . During his term of office, modern basic laws ( Regulamente organice ) were drawn up for both principalities for the first time . Until 1834 he remained the most powerful man in the Danube principalities . In 1835 he went to Saint Petersburg . There he began another reform program. In 1856 Kisselev became ambassador to Paris, where he died in 1872.

During his tenure in Bucharest, extensive urban planning was carried out for the first time.

Honors

In Bucharest the Park Parcul Kiseleff and the Chaussee Șoseaua Kiseleff were named after him.

literature

• Jean M. Cantacuzène: Mille ans dans les Balkans. Chronique in the tourmente des siècles . Christian, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-86496-054-0 .
• Dionisie Ghermani: Kiselev, Pavel Dmitrievič Graf . In: Mathias Bernath, Felix von Schroeder (Ed.), Gerda Bartl (Red.): Biographical Lexicon for the History of Southeast Europe . Volume 2. Oldenbourg, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-486-49241-1 , pp. 405-407.
• Nicolas Piccolos: Paul Kisseleff et les Principautés de Valachie et de Moldavie . Paris 1841.
• Alexandru D. Xenopol: Histoire des Roumains de la Dacie trajane. Depuis les origines jusqu'à l'union des principautés . Volume 2: 1633-1859 . Leroux, Paris 1896 ( archive.org )

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