Author: Platon Alexandrovich Shirinsky-Shikhmatov
Alternate names: Shirinskiĭ-Shikhmatov, Platon Aleksandrovich kni︠a︡ʹ; Платон Александрович Ширинский-Шихматов
Title: kni︠a︡ʹ
Born: 1790
Died: 1853
Bio: Nicholas I's deputy education minister (1842–50) and education minister (1850–53) who spearheaded the Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality policy introduced by his predecessor Sergey Uvarov. He was also an amateur poet and translator.