Konstantin Possiet

1820–1899 (age 79)

Biography

Konstantin Nikolayevich Posyet (Russian: Константи́н Никола́евич Посье́т; French: Constantin Possiet; 2 January 1820 [O.S. 21 December 1819] – 8 May [O.S. 26 April] 1899) was a Russian statesman and admiral of French origin, who served as the minister of transport communications between 1874 and 1888.