Saltykov, Vasily Fedorovich (1675)

The oldest (in the genealogical sense) representative of the Saltykovs of the first half of the 18th century, the grandson of the boyar Pyotr Saltykov . Father Vasily Fedorovich, stolnik Fyodor Petrovich Saltykov, was killed during the Streltsy riot in 1682 .

He served in the L.-G. Preobrazhensky Regiment . For a long time he remained in the rank of steward , preferring this Old Russian title to the rank table .

Empress Anna Ioannovna (after Saltykov’s mother), ascending the throne, tried to lean on her relatives. She persuaded Saltykov to return to service, awarded the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky and immediately appointed him Metropolitan Police Chief General (08.29.1732), promoted to lieutenant general on 09.22.1732. After the departure of Minich to the army (1734), the post of governor-general was virtually abolished, and all administrative power in St. Petersburg was concentrated in the Main Police Chancellery. Saltykov was also made adjutant general (January 30, 1734)

Under the rule of Saltykov, the capital is divided into 5 police units: Admiralteyskaya, Vasilyevskaya, Vyborg, Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 1737, the “ Commission on the St. Petersburg Building ” (1737-1746) was established, which developed a new city plan and 12 “prospects” for it. The names of city streets, canals, squares, bridges are officially approved for the first time. The construction of the 4th Winter Palace , the Main Admiralty (1738), Panteleimon Church , Sampson Cathedral was completed , the Hay Market was opened (1736), the Gostiny Dvor was moved to Nevsky Prospekt , trading warehouses on Vasilyevsky Island were built , chimney sweep teams were organized (1737); according to his report, 17 new almshouses were established (1733), a decree was issued to dig wells in all yards (1736), each guards regiment was ordered to have fire-fighting equipment. In the Admiralty part, the so-called "Neptune trident" was completed - three highways coming from the Admiralty - Nevskaya, Srednyaya and Voznesenskaya "prospects". The police effectively fought crime, caught the poor, controlled prices in the market.

In 1736 - 1737, two major fires occurred in the city: the first was caused by the drunkenness of workers caring for the elephants sent from Persia, the second was arranged by unknown arsonists. It was not possible to find the attackers, however, thanks to the strengthening of fire safety measures, such disasters did not recur. Another result of these events was the tightening of police control over all coming and leaving the city. Travel enthusiasts had to bother about a special “Senate” passport , which was issued by the General Police Chancellery and had to be sealed with the signatures of all members of the Senate without exception.

In 1740, Vasily Fedorovich was removed from office, accused of bribes and non-payment of salaries to his subordinates. Apparently, angry, he took part in the conspiracy that ended with the overthrow of Anna Leopoldovna and the enthronement of the daughter of Peter I Elizabeth Petrovna . The new sovereign made Saltykov a general-anshefa - on November 20, 1741 and ordered to take Anna Leopoldovna, her husband Anton Ulrich of Braunschweig and their son, youngster John VI , to Riga and from there to send abroad. However, halfway through, Vasily Fedorovich was caught up by a courier with an order to transfer the arrested to other guards, for their subsequent delivery to Kholmogory . Fulfilling the order, Saltykov returned to the capital, where he received the Order of St. St. Andrew the First-Called - the highest order of the Russian Empire.

In 1742, according to his “advanced age,” he retired from state affairs, on December 15, 1744, was reappointed Adjutant General of the Empress and died in 1751 .

The first marriage was married to Princess Anna Borisovna Dolgoruka, the second - to Princess Maria Alekseevna Golitsyna (01/01/1701-14.10.1752), the state lady of the Empress Elizaveta Petrovna, the granddaughter of the boyar B. A. Golitsyn . From the first marriage had a daughter, from the second - 6 children:

• Agrafena Vasilievna (1709-1762), married to Prince Alexei Dmitrievich Golitsyn (1697-1768).
• Alexey Vasilievich (172.—?)
• Pyotr Vasilievich (1724 — after 1796), chamberlain, according to Empress Catherine II, Saltykov was a fool in the full sense of the word, and had the most stupid physiognomy she had ever seen, “ large fixed eyes, upturned nose and always half-open mouth; at the same time he was a gossip of the first grade ” ^[1] . For several years he was considered the bridegroom of Princess Kurlyadskaya , but having quarreled with her, in 1753 he married Princess Maria Fedorovna Solntseva-Zasekina. Their grandson S.V. Saltykov .
• Sergei Vasilievich (1726-1765), the first time favorite of Catherine II.
• Maria Vasilievna (1728-1792), maid of honor Elizabeth Petrovna, state lady; Married to Senator Adam Vasilyevich Olsufiev (1721-1784).
• Anna Vasilievna (1729-1799), since 1741 maid of honor Elizabeth Petrovna, since November 1747 the wife of Prince Matvey Alekseevich Gagarin (1725-1793).
• Alexander Vasilievich (d. 1803)
• Ekaterina Vasilievna (1732-1774), maid of honor, married to Peter Ivanovich Izmailov (1724-1807).

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  Agrafena Vasilievna,
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  Sergey Vasilevich,
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  Maria Vasilievna,
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