{"content":"<div class=\"objectInfo_response\">\n    \n        \n            \n                <div class=\"object\" style=\"width:713px; padding-left: 10px; margin-left:0;\">\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                        \n            \n            <div class=\"objectCommonInfo\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                    \n                                                                                                        KURAKIN Alexander Borisovich (1752-1818), Prince, statesman, diplomat, First Class Full Privy Councilor (1807). He came from the ancient Princely Gediminovich family. Brother of Alexey B. Kurakin and a childhood friend of Emperor Pavel I. Appointed Vice-Chancellor in 1796, a position he held until 1798, when he became a Senator; in 1801, he became a member of the State Assembly. Among his titles and ranks are Honorary Fellow of the Russian Academy (1798), Marshal of the Nobility of St. Petersburg Province (1797-99), and Bailie of the Malta Order (1797). Kurakin possessed an enormous fortune, which gave him the status of Diamond Prince. In 1782-99, he owned a residence at the corner of Nevsky Prospect and Bolshaya Morskaya Street (see Chicherin's House). From 1812, he occupied a building he bought at 22 Millionnaya Street, which was one of the centres of the capital's high life.<br/><br/>References: Терещенко А. Опыт обозрения жизни сановников, управлявших иностр. делами в России. СПб., 1837. Ч. 3; Иванов А. А. Дома и люди. Из истории петерб. особняков. СПб., 1997. С. 107-11.<br/><br/>M. O. Meltsin.\n                                                                       <div class=\"border\">\n                         <br/>\n                     </div>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               \n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <div class=\"grName\">Persons</div>\n                                                    \n                                                                          \n                                                                          \n                                                  \n          <a href=\"/object/2803932314?lc=en\" class=\"objectLink\">Paul (Pavel) I, Emperor</a>\n       <br/>\n   \n                                                     \n                                                    <div class=\"border\">\n                             <br/>\n                        </div>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        </div>\n\n            <div style=\"clear:both; height:0;\"><br/></div>\n        </div>\n    </div>\n","id_object":2804020414}