Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (born 1788)

Pavel Kiselyov

Russian military officer and reformer

Count Pavel Dmitrievich Kiselyov or Kiseleff is generally regarded as the most brilliant Russian reformer during Nicholas I's generally conservative reign. Kiselyov was plenipotentiary president of the Divans in Wallachia and Moldavia from 1829 until 1834.