Dmitry Bludov
Alexander II appointed him President of the Academy of Sciences (1855) and Chairman of the State Council (1862).[1] Bludov's personal friends included Nikolay Karamzin and Vasily Zhukovsky.Although on friendly terms with many of the Decembrists, Bludov presided over the court that condemned them to death.[1] Leo Tolstoy described Bludov's house on Nevsky Avenue as the place "where writers, and in general, the best people of the time would gather.Bludov was a man who was at one time close to the Decembrists and sympathetic in spirit to the whole progressive movement.
Imperial RussianNicholas IMinister of JusticeMinister of the InteriorAlexander IIAcademy of SciencesState CouncilGavrila DerzhavinVladislav OzerovArzamas SocietyNikolay KaramzinVasily ZhukovskyAntonina BludovaDecembristscriminal codeLeo TolstoyNevsky AvenueTwo HussarsCarl Friedrich von Ledebourspecific nameIris bloudowiiDykes, WilliamAleksey Fyodorovich OrlovChairman of the Committee of MinistersPavel Pavlovich GagarinSergey UvarovRussian Academy of SciencesFyodor Litke