Nikolay Nikolayevich Novosiltsev
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Count Nikolay Nikolayevich Novosiltsev (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Новоси́льцев) (1761–1836) was a Russian statesman and a close aide to Alexander I of Russia.He drafted a constitution for the Russian empire that mirrored the constitution suggested by Speransky, unlike Speransky's, Novosiltsev's constitutional suggestion had been accepted by Alexander but the plan was abandoned after Alexander's death in 1825. He was a natural son of a wealthy nobleman, married to the aunt of Count Pavel Stroganov. This relation secured for him a place in the Privy Committee that outlined the Government reform of Alexander I. Later, he served in the government of the [[Congress Poland|Kingdom of Poland]. He concluded his career as the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers. Nicholas I made him count in 1835.
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