A graduate from the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées of Paris. In 1810 he joined the Institute of the Corps of Engineers in Russia, at the age of twenty-five. Potier taught arithmetic and algebra. After the war in 1812 against Napoleonic France, and defeated the French, Potier returned from exile to St. Petersburg in 1815. He was readmitted to the Institute, being responsible for the teaching of descriptive geometry. In 1817, he published a textbook on descriptive geometry in French, a pioneering feat in Russia. Translated and edited by Sevastianov that same year, it was the first book in Russian on this discipline. The following year Potier was sent to Odessa to develop various engineering projects.

He was an engineer graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. After his arrival in Russia, in 1810, he was put under the orders of the general governor of Cherson preparing the project for the port of Yevpatoria and the supervision of the construction of the port of Odessa. Later on he joined the Institute of the Corps of Engineers in Russia.

After the war in 1812 against Napoleonic France, and defeated the French, Destrem returned from exile to St. Petersburg in 1815. The Frenchman then was incorporated to the Institute to teach courses on building and mechanics.

A graduate of the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris. In 1810 he joined the Institute of the Corps of Engineers in Russia at the age of twenty-eight. Fabre was in charge of the course of descriptive geometry. In the summer of 1812 he was sent to Irkutsk, due to the invasion of Napoleon’s armies.

In 1815 he returned to St. Petersburg, after having been banished.