Dmitry Stasov

In the summer of 1856, Dmitry Vasilyevich participated as a herald in the coronation of Tsar Alexander II and was honored with a diamond ring with a ruby.

For the last time, the Saint Petersburg council elected Dmitry Vasilyevich as its chairman in 1911, when he was 84 years old, and he remained at the helm until 1914.

An educated amateur musician (he studied piano with Anton Herke [ru] and Adolf von Henselt), Stasov was a notable figure in the Russian musical life of the mid-19th century.

He maintained friendly relationships with Mikhail Glinka, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Mily Balakirev, César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, and other composers.

During the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Judicial Charters of 1864, Stasov was presented with a golden badge of a sworn attorney on behalf of the estate, the only one in all of Russia, and a fund was established in his name to support the legal profession.