Vyazemskij Pavel Petrovich

(1820 - 1888)
Son of Peter A. Viazemsky. He studied at St. Petersburg University, he served first in the Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1856. appointed assistant curator of the Petersburg district, and in 1859, Mr.. trustee of the Kazan district. In 1862, Mr.. transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was chairman of the St. Petersburg Committee of the censorship of foreign, and from April 5, 1881. January 1, 1883. - Head of the Press. At this time, with his participation has developed a program of official national newspaper "Rural Bulletin". In recent years, Prince Vyazemsky life was a senator for the Department of Heraldry. His works: "On the policy of Frederick the Great from 1763 to 1775" (Moscow, 1868), "Comments on" The Lay of Igor "(St. Petersburg, 1875)," The Lay of Igor ". Investigation of options "(St. Petersburg, 1877)," Memorandum on the prefabricated catalog handwritten lives of Russian saints, NP. Barsukova (St. Petersburg, 1877), "The significance of Russian illuminated manuscripts" (St. Petersburg, 1878), "Overview of Moscow stacks" (St. Petersburg, 1877), "A.S. Pushkin 1816 - 1825 period, according to documents Ostafevskogo archive "(St. Petersburg, 1880);" A.S. Pushkin 1826 - 1837 gg. On Octafevskogo archive documents and personal memories "(St. Petersburg, 1880);" Monasteries in Ladoga and Lake Kubenskoye (St. Petersburg, 1881). In 1877, on the initiative of Prince Vyazemsky, enthusiasts founded the Society of ancient literature, in which he was chairman of. Because of its rich collection of documents he published the first volume, entitled: "Archives of Prince Vyazemsky (St. Petersburg, 1881). - See. E. Opochinin "In memory of Prince PP. Viazemsky (St. Petersburg 1888).