Alexey Olenin

Then in 1774, as was customary at the time among Russian aristocracy, he was enrolled in the Corps of Pages.

[2] After 1795 Olenin was employed on a variety of civil positions, including director of the Saint Petersburg Mint (1799).

He is also notable for being the host of one of the most fashionable salons in Saint Petersburg, which attracted many authors, artists, musicians, and actors.

[2] Alexander Pushkin, considered to be the most famous Russian poet, was romantically involved with Anna Olenina, Alexey Olenin's youngest daughter.

Alexey Olenin died in Saint Petersburg in 1843, still in office, and was buried in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.