Pyotr Kleinmichel

[1] In March 1814, Alexander I was concerned for the safety of his brothers Nicholas and Constantine, who were involved in the occupation of Paris.

The event also brought him to the attention of the future Tsar Nicholas I[1] He was responsible for building the Saint Petersburg–Moscow Railway and for restoring the Winter Palace after the 1837 fire.

[1] It was rumored that Nicholas I promoted his career because Kleinmichel adopted the Emperor's illegitimate children as his own.

Kleinmichel was married twice, first in 1816 to Varvara Kokoshkina (died 1842), the granddaughter of the business magnate Alexei Turchaninov.

In 1832 Kleinmichel married Kleopatra Petrovna Ilyinskaya (October 17, 1811 – January 17, 1865), a relative of Nicholas I's mistress Varvara Nelidova.