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.
Había obtenido aquel empleo gracias a la influencia del marido de su hermana Ana, Alexis Alejandrovich Karenin, que ocupaba un alto cargo en el Ministerio del que dependía su oficina.