He had a successful military and civil service career.

He was governor of Voronezh Province from 1830 to 1836, and in 1840 he was appointed as a senator.

The Kholmsky Family is an important antecedent of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Like War and Peace it reflects the world-view of the Russian gentry.

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