Grigory Gagarin was a Russian diplomat and translator. He was keenly interested in Russian literature and painting, and also helped artists abroad.
Background
Grigory Gagarin was born on March 17, 1782 in Moscow, Russian Federation. He was the second son of the captain of the 2nd rank of Prince Ivan Gagarin (1752-1810) from a marriage with Mary (1753-1804), daughter of Prince A.N. Volkonsky. Decembrist's cousin M.M. Naryshkin, M.M. Tuchkova and V.A. Musin-Pushkin.
Career
On May 13, 1802, Grigory Gagarin was assigned to the Russian mission in Vienna and transferred to Constantinople (now Istanbul) three years later.
During the war with France 1806 - 1807 served under the Commander-in-Chief from Cavalry Baron L. Bennigsen and in 1807 was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Degree. During peace talks with France in Tilzita (June 1807) he was under Russian authorized Prince Y. Lobanov-Rostovsky, in October of the same year he was appointed Secretary of the Embassy to Paris.
In April 1809, Grigory Gagarin was promoted to the rank of chamberlain and soon transferred to the College of Foreign Affairs (Saint Petersburg), from where he moved to the Ministry of Finance in October 1810. Produced in January 1811 to state councillors, he was appointed State Secretary of the Council of State for the Department of Laws on 26 October of that year. In January 1816, a full-time state councillor, Grigory Gagarin resigns.
However, in April 1822 Grigory Gagarin was appointed adviser to the Embassy in Rome, where on the death of A. Italinsky, in July 1827, he assumed the post of the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, who left only in April 1832, having been transferred to the same post at the Bavarian court, which he held for the rest of his life.