Background
Dmitry Nikolaevich Tolstoy was born on February 12, 1806 in Znamenskoye, Lipetsk Oblast, Russian Federation.
archaeologist Church historian statesman, memoirist
Dmitry Nikolaevich Tolstoy was born on February 12, 1806 in Znamenskoye, Lipetsk Oblast, Russian Federation.
Dmitry Nikolaevich received a home education.
Dmitry Nikolaevich Tolstoy was an official of the petitions Commission (1826-1838). He was managed the Nizhny Novgorod fair (1839-1844). Dmitry Nikolaevich served in the secret office of the Baltic Governor-General (1845-1847). Official in the Ministry of the Interior (1847-1853).
Published at his own expense a collection of poems by I.S. Nikitin (Saint Petersburg, 1856). He was a vice-director of the department of economy, police in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (1853-1856). Dmitry Nikolaevich was dismissed due to a conflict with the Ministry of Internal Affairs over the methods of carrying out the peasant reform of 1861. He was a director of the police department of the Executive Ministry of the Interior (1861-1863).
Participated in the organization of the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of Russia in Novgorod (1862). Lived in Voronezh (1863-1869). Contributed to the publication of the newspaper "Voronezh Telegraph" (1869).
In 1869-1870, Dmitry Nikolaevich lived in Rome, attended meetings of the Vatican Council.