Portrait of Count Nikolai Nikolayevich Novosiltsev (1762-1838), member of the “Start Committee” under Alexander I

The artist is Schukin

Novosiltsev Nikolay Nikolaevich (1761–1836) – illegal son of sister a. With. Stroganova, brought up in his house. In 1783 he entered the army with the rank of captain, in 1786 he was counted for a foreign board. In 1796 he retired and left for London. Called to Russia Alexander I and was made to real chamberlains. Member "Start committee" (1801–1803). In 1803–1804-trustee of the St. Petersburg training district and President Ian. In 1806–1809 he was under Emperor Alexander I, performed a number of diplomatic assignments. In 1812 he was appointed vice president of the Provisional Council for Management of the Warsaw Duchy. Since 1821 he was under the Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich. In 1831 he returned to Petersburg, was appointed a member, then chairman of the State Council. In 1833 he received the title of graph.

By 1821 he developed the project “The Charter of the Russian Empire” – the first constitution in the history of Russia. The constitutional project provided for the creation of a bicameral parliament, without which the monarch could not publish a single law, the inviolability of property, the independence of the court, the equality of all citizens before the law, civil freedom, the federal structure of Russia.

N. N. Novosiltsev is depicted in a dark green uniform with a red collar with gold sewing, assigned at the beginning of the 19th century to the highest classes, and the Order of St. Vladimir 4th degree received on September 8, 1790.