Count Pyotr Andreevich Kleinmichel (russian: Пётр Андре́евич Клейнми́хель, tr. ), also known by German name Peter von Kleinmichel (30 November 1789 – 3 February 1869), was

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of Imperial Russia (1842–1855). He fought at the Battle of Leipzig and the Battle of Borodino. In March 1814,

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was concerned for the safety of his brothers Nicholas and

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, who were involved in the

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. He dispatched Kleinmichel to warn them and advise them to return to

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. After succeeding in this, Kleinmichel was made Aide-de-Camp to the Tsar. The event also brought him to the attention of the future Tsar Nicholas I He was responsible for building the

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and for restoring the

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after the 1837 fire. It was rumored that Nicholas I promoted his career because Kleinmichel adopted the Emperor's illegitimate children as his own. His first wife divorced him, citing his

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Family

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

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. They divorced, according to rumours, because of his

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. In 1832 Kleinmichel married Kleopatra Petrovna Ilyinskaya (October 17, 1811 – January 17, 1865), the relative of

Varvara Nelidova Varvara Arkadyevna Nelidova (Варвара Аркадьевна Нелидова, 1814–1897) was a mistress of Nicholas I of Russia from 1832 until his death in 1855. Her aunt Yekaterina Nelidova was a mistress of Nicholas' father Paul, and her ...

. She died of tuberculosis in Paris, and was buried in St. Petersburg. She was known in the society as the woman who adopted Nicholas I's illegitimate children. They had eight children. * Yelizaveta (1833–1896), married the lieutenant general Pilar von Pilchau. * Aleksandra (1835–1912), lady-in-waiting. * Nikolai (1836–1878), major general, married the countess Maria von Keller (1846–1931), granddaughter of Countess Amalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg, sister of Prince Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, who, as Marie Kleinmichel, was the author of Memories of a Shipwrecked World. They had one surviving daughter, Olga. * Alexander (1837–1856) *

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(1839–1882), major general *

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(1840–1912) * Olga (1845–1920) * Mikhail (1848–1872), died in Paris.

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