Nikolay Novosiltsev

This relationship secured for him a place in the Privy Committee that outlined the Government reform of Alexander I.

[citation needed] In 1804 to 1805, Sweden, Russia, England, Austria, Prussia and the Kingdom of Naples planned to form a coalition against Bonaparte's France.

Before leaving Berlin, Novosiltsev learned that Bonaparte had taken both Genoa and Lucca, and notified Alexander, ending the mediation towards peace in 1805.

He was a supporter of Russification policies, persecuted many pro-Polish organizations and activists, and was detested by contemporary Polish society.

[citation needed] The character of count Novosiltsev appears as main antagonist[3] in the drama Dziady part III by Adam Mickiewicz.