as Konstantin Batyushkov, Nikolai Grech and others), he was a man of a brilliant mind, esthete, polyglot, and bibliophile. Ivan Muravyov-Apostol ranged almost all of Europe and met many prominent people, such as Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Vittorio Alfieri, and George Byron. He is known to have been a tyrant to his family members, an epicurean, and a squanderer (dissipated several millions of rubles of fortune). References 1762 births 1851 deaths Russian writers Diplomats of the Russian Empire Politicians of the Russian Empire Members of the Russian Academy Honorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Russian nobility Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to Denmark