The following year, having been made a Count and Senator, he resigned; settling in Moscow with his book and art collections. In 1807 the historian, convinced him that his collections should be donated to the , managed by the Collegium of Foreign Affairs. This was never done. As a result, they were destroyed in 1812, during the Great Moscow Fire. Only a few pieces which had been lent or given to other people survived, including the Laurentian Codex, which had been presented to Emperor Alexander I. He attempted to restore the collection, but acquired very little before his death in 1817, aged seventy-two. References External links The House of Count Aleksei Musin-Pushkin (1744-1818) in St. Petersburg @ Moyka 104 1744 births 1817 deaths 18th-century historians from the Russian Empire Members of the Russian Academy Russian nobility The Tale of Igor's Campaign Most Holy Synod