Background

Since 1864, he was brought up in the family of his stepfather, Adjutant-General M.I. Chertkov.

Career

He served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (1882-1883), the Ministry of Justice (1889-1891). Comrade of Prosecutor of Vitebsk (1891-1893), St. Petersburg (1893-1895) district courts. Senior clerk of the State Chancellery (1895-1905). Assistant State Secretary of the State Council (1906-1917). The Senator (1917). Organizer of the Circle of Lovers of Russian Fine Editions (1903-1917). Member of the Council of the Society for the Protection and Preservation of Monuments of Art and Antiquities (1909). Chairman of the Commission for the Protection of Monuments under the People's Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR (1917-1918). Since 1921 in exile. Chairman of the Society of Friends of the Russian Book in Paris (1928-1930).

Works

• book

  • "Russian illustrated editions of the XVIII and XIX centuries (1720-1870)" (St. Petersburg, 1898), "Materials for the bibliography of Russian illustrated publications" (St. Petersburg, 1908)

  • "The Russian Book Sign" (St. Petersburg, 1902), "The Memory of the Past" (St. Petersburg, 1914).