Vasiliy Alekseevich Chertkov ( March 1 [12], September 1726 - September 24 [ October 5 ] 1793 , Khvoshchevatka , Voronezh governorate [2] ) - lieutenant general of the Chertkov clan, governor general of the Voronezh , Kharkov , Saratov governorates (1782-1793).
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 Reproduction from the book "History of the city of Kharkov for 250 years of its existence" | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Pavel Sergeevich Potemkin | ||||||
| Successor | vacant position | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Evdokim Alekseevich Shcherbinin | ||||||
| Successor | Andrei Yakovlevich Levanidov (since 1796) | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Evdokim Alekseevich Shcherbinin | ||||||
| Successor | Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauride | ||||||
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| Predecessor | position established | ||||||
| Successor | George Gavrilovich Gersevanov [1] | ||||||
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| Death | Horsetail , Zemlyansky district , Voronezh governorship | ||||||
| Burial place | Voronezh | ||||||
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| Education | Land gentry corps | ||||||
| Activities | translator , playwright | ||||||
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| Years of service | 1748-1793 | ||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||||
| Type of army | army | ||||||
| Rank | lieutenant general | ||||||
| Commanded | Chef of the Don Regiment; Chef of the Lugansk pike regiment | ||||||
Content
Biography
Born in the family of Alexei Nikitich Chertkov (1692-1737), captain of the 1st rank, and Anna Ivanovna Lvova (1702-1728). His father was the son of Nikita Fedorovich Chertkov, Captain Arm of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, and Anna Ivanovna, nee. Kushnikova (1667-1745).
Vasily Chertkov entered the Land Noble Corps on February 5, 1742, and was promoted to corporal on November 12, 1747 [2] . From 1748, he taught mathematics in the corps (from 15.8.1748 - sergeant , from 18.11.1750 - lieutenant , from 14.4.1752 - captain ), from 16.11.1757 - a teacher of the highest mathematical class [2] . In 1760-1764 he controlled the publication by the printing house of essays and translations in French and German [2] .
From 5.1.1761 on active duty in the rank of major , 12.6.1761 was promoted to lieutenant colonel [2] . On 21.4.1764 he was appointed commandant of the fortress of St. Elizabeth (Novorossiysk province) with the production of the pike regiment in the brigade [2] of the Horse (since 1765 - Elizavetgradsky). In the years 1770-1775 - Kremenchug chief commander, deputy chief commander of the military department of the Novorossiysk province [3] . On 28.6.1771 he was promoted to major general , appointed chief commander of the Dnieper fortified line (he performed this position on 11.1.1776 [4] ), regular and irregular regiments of the Azov province, and also chief of the Donskoy regiment [2] .
Since July 27, 1775 [5] - the governor of the Azov province [1] . In 1776, at the confluence of the Kilchen and Samara rivers, on the instructions of G. A. Potemkin , given in the summer of 1775, Yekaterinoslav founded [2] and supervised its construction. 06.26.1777 promoted to lieutenant general [4] , appointed chief of the Lugansk pike regiment [2] [6] . In 1778, he moved with the provincial administration to Yekaterinoslav , completed construction, from the Belevsky fortress (now Krasnograd , Kharkov region , Ukraine ). In 1778 he founded Mariupol [2] and authored his plan [6] . In a report dated September 5, 1779, V. A. Chertkov informed Prince G. A. Potemkin-Tavrichesky : “So, the city of Mariupol has successfully begun with the construction of houses.”
In 1782 he was appointed Governor-General of the Voronezh and Kharkov Viceroyages [2] [6] , since 1787, he was appointed Governor-General of the Saratov Viceroyalty while retaining the post of Voronezh Viceroyalty [6] .
In the Voronezh governorate, he conducted an anti-alcohol campaign (in 1772 issued a decree on the destruction of distilleries in cities), created a noble assembly of deputies, opened a public school and city hospital (Voronezh, 1785), introduced street lighting (Voronezh, 1786), approved a regular planning plan cities (Voronezh) [2] ; Voronezh City Council began to work [7] . He contributed to the construction of the house of the state chamber and the bishops’s compound (Voronezh) according to the project of J. Quarenghi [7] , the strengthening of the Chernavsky dam (1786); established three additional merchant fairs in Voronezh (1786) .
In 1787-1793, performances were performed by amateur actors on the specially equipped stage with a stalls, two tiers of lodges and a gallery in the Viceroy's residence on Bolshaya Dvoryanskaya (Voronezh), including amateur children, including V. A. Chertkov’s children, officials of his office and vice-governor [7] .
In Saratov governorate, he submitted a project to build a fortress on the Bolshoi Uzen River to protect the governorate from the Kazakh attack [8] .
In January 1790, V. A. Chertkov filed a petition to include himself and his family in the sixth part of the genealogy book, which was prestigious at that time; the request was granted [8] .
On April 13, 1793, he resigned while retaining his salary. [2] He was buried in Voronezh [2] , in the Pokrovsky girl’s monastery [7] (the monastery was not preserved [9] , the graves were lost [10] ).
Family
In 1753 he married Natalya Dmitrievna Semicheva (1730-1790, Voronezh), who brought him 11 children, including the following [2] :
- Mary (1753-1770),
- Dmitry (1758-1831) - current state councilor , Voronezh provincial leader of the nobility (1798-1822)
- Anna (1760-1796), married to A. Ya. Levanidov (1747-1802), lieutenant general;
- Barbara (1763-1826), married Princess Urusov [11] ;
- Nikolay (1764-1838) - current state adviser , chairman of the Voronezh conscience court; Married to Natalya Alekseevna, nee. Khrushchev (1777 - after 1818)
Compositions
He translated the comedy by J.-B. Russo "Coffee House":
- Russo J.-B. Cafe House: Comedy / [Per. V. A. Chertkova]. - Fortress of St. Elisabeth of Novorossiysk Province., 1765. - 8 p. [12]
set in 1770 in Elizavetgrad [8] .
In 1878, he wrote “The Rite at the Highest Procession of Empress Catherine through Kharkov Governorate” [6] , published in the collection of P. I. Bartenev “The Eighteenth Century” (T. 1) [13] [14] .
Rewards
- Order of St. Anne of the 1st degree (6.11.1774) [2]
- Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (11.24.1782) [2]
- a diamond ring and 6000 rubles (1787) - for ensuring the passage of Catherine II through the territory entrusted to him [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Makidonov A.V., 2008 , p. 22.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Mikhail Odintsov, 2012 .
- ↑ Makidonov A.V., 2008 , p. thirty.
- ↑ 1 2 Makidonov A.V., 2008 , p. 15.
- ↑ According to other sources, since July 10, 1775 ( Mikhail Odintsov, 2012 )
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Yarutsky, 2011 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Chertkovs ... // Tchertkoff ... foundation .
- ↑ 1 2 3 V.A. Chertkov // Tchertkoff ... foundation .
- ↑ Chernykh E. In the wake of the disappeared monastery . Chizhov Gallery (May 25, 2012). Date of appeal May 25, 2015.
- ↑ Pokrovsky girl’s monastery . History of the monasteries . Information and educational portal about the history of Russia and Orthodoxy (February 1, 2011). Date of appeal May 25, 2015.
- ↑ Varvara Vasilievna Prince Urusova . Geni.com (January 14, 2015). Date of appeal May 25, 2015.
- ↑ MFN catalog card .
- ↑ ESBE, 1903 .
- ↑ A refinement of the collection is required, since according to the MFN catalog it was published in 1868-1869 (see cards of the MFN catalog )
Literature
- G. Veselovsky. Historical sketch of the city of Voronezh, 1586-1886. - Voronezh: Voronezh. mountains Duma, 1886. - S. 121-125.
- Komolov N.A. Voronezh governors and vice-governors, 1710-1917: East biogr. Essays [Collection] / Ed. A.N. Akinshin. - Voronezh: Center.-Chernozem. Prince Publishing House, 2000 .-- 399 p. - ISBN 5-7458-0786-5
- Makidonov A.V. To the secular and church history of New Russia (XVIII — XIX centuries) . - 3rd ed., Rev. and add. - Zaporozhye: Prosvita, 2008 .-- 139 p. - ISBN 966-653-132-1 .
- Frolova M.M. Alexander Dmitrievich Chertkov (1789-1858). - M.: Publishing House of the Moscow Archive: Moscow Textbooks, 2007. - 591 p. - ISBN 978-5-7853-0937-1
Links
- Artamonova I. N. Chertkov, Vasily Alekseevich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- Chertkov, Vasily Alekseevich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1903. - T. XXXVIIIa.
- V.A. Chertkov 1726-1793 . Tchertkoff: Memorial & cultural foundation, Inc. Date of appeal May 25, 2015.
- Chertkovs in the service of the Fatherland . Tchertkoff: Memorial & cultural foundation, Inc. Date of appeal May 25, 2015.
- Chertkov Vasily Alekseevich (1726-1793) . Napoleon and the revolution . Mikhail Odintsov (December 16, 2012). Date of appeal May 25, 2015.
- Yarutsky L. Founders of Mariupol . Old Mariupol: History of Mariupol (October 5, 2011). Date of appeal May 25, 2015.