Diesen Posten hatte er durch Alexei Alexandrowitsch Karenin, den Gatten seiner Schwester Anna, erhalten, der eine der höchsten Stellen in dem Ministerium einnahm, dem jene Behörde unterstellt war.
This post he had obtained through Alexis Alexandrovich Karenin, his sister Anna's husband, who held one of the most important positions in the Ministry to which that Moscow Board belonged.