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.

Ingeniero licenciado en la Escuela Politécnica de París. Tras su llegada a Rusia, en 1810, fue puesto a las órdenes del general gobernador de Jersón en la preparación del proyecto del puerto de Evpatori y la supervisión de las obras del puerto de Odessa. Más tarde se incorporaría al Instituto superior de Ingeniería civil en Rusia.

Tras la guerra contra la Francia de Napoleón en 1812, y derrotados los franceses, Destrem regresó a San Petersburgo en 1815, después de haber sido desterrado. El francés se incorporó entonces a los cursos de edificación y mecánica.

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.