As a teenager he enrolled into the Saint Petersburg military school and after graduation in 1842 joined the Russian Guards as a junior officer .
Alexander Ivanovich Palm was born in Krasnoslobodsk , Penza region , son of a provincial state official and a serf peasant woman .
As a teenager Alexander Ivanovich Palm enrolled into the Saint Petersburg military school and after graduation in 1842 joined the Russian Guards as a junior officer .
Alexander Ivanovich Palm was born in Krasnoslobodsk , Penza region , son of a provincial state official and a serf peasant woman .