Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Nikolay Ignatyev na St Petersburg, nye Maria Ivanovna Maltsova na Captain Pavel Nikolayevich Ignatyev. Nna ya bụ onye Tsar Nicholas nke Mbụ kwadoro, n'ihi ikwesị ntụkwasị obi ya n'oge Ememe Ncheta Ọnwụ Jizọs.
Ndị òtù Decembrist malitere inupụ isi na 1825, Onyeisi Ndị Eze Ukwu Alexander (bụ́ onye mesịrị ghọọ Eze Ukwu Alexander nke Abụọ) kwadoro baptism nke nwa okoro ahụ. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Corps of Pages, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na asaa, ọ ghọrọ onye isi ndị nche Russia, na-eje ozi na Hussar Guards Regiment nke Onye nwe ya. Mgbe ahụ, a họpụtara Ignatyev na General Staff wee bụrụ onye enyemaka nke ndị isi ndị isi na mpaghara ndị agha Estonia. E buliri ya n'ọkwa onye isi n'afọ 1856. N'oge ọrụ Ignatyev na-esote, ya na Count Pyotr Shuvalov: onye ọzọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Corps of Pages.