Background
Matvey Petrovich Ster was born on February 1, 1776 in Saint Petersburg City, Russian Federation.
Matvey Petrovich Ster was born on February 1, 1776 in Saint Petersburg City, Russian Federation.
In 1790 began to work as a clerk. Inspector of the Akhtiar port quarantine (1800-1804). Member (since 1804), chairman (since 1808) of the commission on the analysis of disputes on lands and duties for the Crimean peninsula.
Matvey Petrovich was a Voronezh Governor in 1811-1812.
During the Patriotic War of 1812, at the initiative of Matvey Petrovich, residents of the Voronezh province donated thousands rubles for the army. Ster’s name is associated with the preparation of a "Statistical Description of the Voronezh Province", submitted to the competition of the Free Economic Society. Matvey Petrovich is reckoned to the deputy heraldry of the Senate (1812-1816). He was under investigation on charges of abuse, but was acquitted in 1819.