In 1901 Obolensky graduated from the
Faculty of Law, Saint Petersburg State University. He was a member of the Russian
Zemstvo. He was also head of the Civil Office of the headquarters of the Supreme Commander (1914-1915). In his career Obolensky was a State Counsellor (1914), member of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia) (1915) and Chairman of the Special Committee for the Struggle against high prices (1916). He was assistant of Warsaw Governor-General,
Pavel Yengalychev in 1915. He was also Governor of
Kursk Governorate (15/09/1915 - 12/07/1915),
Kharkov Governorate (1915) and
Yaroslavl Governorate (1916 - 11/05/1917), being dismissed from his post by the decree of the Provisional Government. In exile since 1925, he lived in
France. Since 1957, he was honorary chairman of the family union of Prince Obolensky. Together with his son,
Sergei Nikolaevich Obolensky adopted Catholicism, and became a member of Russian apostolate. ==External links==