Count Pavel Ivanovich Kutaisov (Russian:Павел Иванович Кутайсов; 25 November 1780,

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

- 9 March 1840, Tambov) — was a

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born Russian Imperial Chamberlain and Steward. He also served as Chairman of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts and was a member of the

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.Kutaisov, Pavel: ''Русский биографический словарь''.

Biography

His father, , was the favorite valet of Tsar

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and was probably of

origin. At the age of seven, he was enlisted in the

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. By 1796, when he was sixteen, he had already advanced to an important rank, but was not as committed to a military career as other members of his family. At the request of his father, Admiral Alexander Shishkov took him under his wing for a short tour of Europe, but this apparently did not work out well. Many of his contemporaries; notably Alexander Bulgakov, spoke poorly of him. His career was advanced considerably when the Tsar took

Anna Lopukhina Princess Anna Petrovna Lopukhina (russian: Анна Петровна Лопухина) (8 November 1777 – 25 April 1805) was a royal mistress to Emperor Paul of Russia. In 1798, she replaced Catherine Nelidova as the chief mistress. Family ...

as a mistress and his father was able to arrange a marriage to Anna's sister, Praskovya (1784-1870). Although they had five children, he was widely believed to be homosexual., ''Diary'' (1840), Quadriga publishers, 2017 In 1800, he was named an Imperial Chamberlain. Upon the accession of

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, he was transferred to the

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, where he served until 1809, when he was named a Prosecutor for the Governing Senate. During the

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, he led the evacuation of the Senate to

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and was awarded a gold snuff box for his efforts. In 1816, he received a promotion to

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and, in 1817, became a member of the Senate. He also served on various commissions, including oversight of the construction of

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and directing operations for the Imperial theaters. In 1826, he was appointed to the Supreme Criminal Court charged with prosecuting the Decembrists. In 1832, he became an Imperial Steward. After receiving two more promotions, he was stripped of his ranks, following the disastrous

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. In addition to his governmental duties, he served as Chairman of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts and was known as a patron of young artists. In 1835, he accompanied Mikhail Scotti on a study trip to Italy, and provided a workshop for the brothers Grigory and

Nikanor Chernetsov Nikanor Grigoryevich Chernetsov (Russian: Никанор Григорьевич Чернецов: 21 June 1805, Lukh ''–'' 11 January 1879, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian landscape painter. His elder brother Grigory Chernetsov was also a pain ...

. His daughter, Anna, married

Prince Okropir of Georgia Okropir ( ka, ოქროპირი) known in Russia as Tsarevich Okropir Georgievich Gruzinsky (russian: Окропир Георгиевич Грузинский), (June 24, 1795 – October 30, 1857) was a Georgian prince royal (batonishvili) ...

. Although never officially separated, from the mid-1830s Praskovya spent most of her time abroad. In 1840, he retired to his estate in Tambov, to organize his affairs, and died there.

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