I. Alexei

Alexei, a Russian historian, born in 1785, died in Moscow in December, 1845. He was early engaged in collecting materials in foreign countries relating to the ancient history of Russia, and his researches resulted in the publication of HistoriOe RussiOe Monumenta, under the auspices of an archaeological government commission (2 vols., St. Petersburg, 1841-'2; supplement, 1848). His letters to his brother were published in Leipsic (1872).

II. Nikolai, A Russian Author

A Russian Author Nikolai, brother of the preceding, born in 1790, died in Paris in November, 1871. He studied in Gottingen, and after being employed in the civil service at St. Petersburg he was appointed in 1813 Russian commissary, in conjunction with the Prussian statesman Baron Stein, in provisional charge of the German provinces recovered from France. After returning to Russia he rose to be deputy secretary of the interior and agriculture, and became much interested in the emancipation of the serfs. This involved him in the revolutionary outbreak of 1825, and he was sentenced to death, but escaped to Paris, where he spent the rest of his life. He wrote La Russie et les Busses (3 vols., Paris, 1847).