Ivan Matveyevich Tolstoy

Ivan Matveyevich Tolstoy (Russian: Ива́н Матве́евич Толсто́й; 3 April [O.S. 22 March] 1806 – 3 October [O.S. 21 September] 1867) was a Russian Count, diplomat, senator, grand master of court ceremonies, and minister of postal service.

Ivan Matveyevich Tolstoy
Иван Матвеевич Толстой
Born(1806-04-03)3 April 1806
Died3 October 1867(1867-10-03) (aged 61)
Saint Petersburg
Resting placeSaint Petersburg
CitizenshipRussian Empire
Occupationpostal administrator
Years active1822–1867
TitleDirector of the Russian Postal Department, Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
Term1863–1867
PredecessorFeodor Pryanishnikov
SuccessorAlexander Timashev
Spouse(s)
Elizaveta Tulinova (1826–1870)
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m. 1844⁠–⁠1867)
Children4 including:
Ivan Tolstoy (1858–1916)
Dmitri Tolstoy (1860–1941)
Parent(s)Matvei Tolstoy (1772–1815)
Praskovia Golenischeva-Kutuzova (1777–1844)
Relativesbrothers:
Nikolai Matveyevich Tolstoy (1802–1879)
Feofil Matveyevich Tolstoy (1809–1881)

Biography

Count I. M. Tolstoy worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 1860. For a brief interval, he served as Chief Steward of the Imperial Household and was grand master of court ceremonies. In 1863, he became Feodor Pryanishnikov's immediate successor as Head of the Postal Department.[1]

In 1865, he was appointed to the first Minister of Posts and Telegraphs. An attempt to merge the postal and telegraph services was not successful. Only in 1884, during the reign of Alexander III, were the two services amalgamated. This resulted in the depiction of thunderbolts and post horns on Russian postage stamps.[1]

Tolstoy died in 1867. He was replaced by General A. Ye. Timashev (1818–1893) as the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs.[1]

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See also

References
  1. Roberts, I. W. (1986). "19th century Russian postal ministers and officials". Rossica: Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately. 108–109: 75–78. ISSN 0035-8363. Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2015-05-16. Notes from "Khronika" in "Zhizn' i Tekhnika Svyazi," 1924 (translated by D. Skipton).
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