Short answers, pulled from the story.
Fyodor Vasilyevich Rostopchin was born in 1763 according to his tombstone, though he claimed 1765 as the true year of his birth. His exact birth date remains a subject of historical debate with some biographers suggesting Moscow might be his actual place of birth rather than Kosmodemyanskoe village.
Fyodor Rostopchin served as Governor-General of Moscow from the end of May 1812 until the city fell to Napoleon on the 14th of September 1812. He organized the evacuation of all remaining administrators and officials while ordering the release of prisoners and the strategic burning of the city to deny resources to the Grande Armée.
The Rostopchine family left Russia in 1814 traveling through the Duchy of Warsaw and German Confederation before settling in France under the Bourbon Restoration in 1817. They established a salon in Paris where his wife Ekaterina Petrovna Protassova and daughter converted to Roman Catholicism.
Leo Tolstoy published War and Peace in 1869 presenting Fyodor Rostopchin as an overwhelmed villainous figure who believed Moscow would not fall without resistance. Real historical accounts show he made calculated decisions about evacuation and destruction rather than acting purely out of panic or confusion.
Fyodor Rostopchin died in Moscow suffering from asthma and hemorrhoid complications after returning from exile. He was buried at the Pyatnitskoye Cemetery following his death while his descendants continued serving in various capacities across Moscow, Tver, Klin, and Rzhev.