Background
Lieven, Pavel Pavlovich, Prince was born on April 24, 1875 in Petersburg. Son of Prince Pavel Ivanovich Lieven and younger brother of Prince Anatolii Lieven.
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Pavel Pavlovich, Prince Lieven
Edit Profilerailway engineer land-owner Red Cross worker
Education
Graduated from the Institute of Railways and Roads, Petersburg, 1899.
Career
Took part in the construction of the Trans-Caspian railways, and later of a Northern Russian link with the Trans-Siberian railway joining the latter at Ekaterinburg (now Sverdlovsk). Worked with Leonid Krasin on this project. On his own estate in the small town of Smiltene (now in Latvia), built a railway linking this town to the Baltic Sea for the export of timber.
Electrified Smiltene and built a hospital which offered free treatment to the poor. Took part in World War I as a Red Cross representative at the front. At great risk, rescued retreating Russian troops in a goods train during the 2nd battle of the Mazurian Lakes in early 1915.
Captured by the Germans. Shared his captivity with the future Soviet marshal, M. Tukhachevskii. Set free thanks to the personal intervention of the German Prince, Max of Baden, but on condition that he would bring to the attention of the Empress Maria Fedorovna the appalling conditions of Austro-Hungarian and German POWs in Russia.
This resulted in an international conference of the warring powers being called in 1915 in Stockholm, concerning the registration of POWs held by the Russians. In 1917, travelled in Siberia, from the Arctic to Mongolia, as a Red Cross representative accompanying representatives of the Central Powers, checking on the conditions of POWs. Left Russia for Sweden in December 1917, with the help of L. Krasin.
Returned to his estate on the Baltic in 1918, but soon left again for Germany. Lived in Belgium and Ireland.
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Nationality
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