Malevsky-Malevich, Nikolai Andreevich

Nikolai Malevsky-Malevich came from an aristocratic family of Russian-Polish origin. He graduated from the 5th Moscow gymnasium with a gold medal and the law faculty of Moscow University with a candidate’s degree in law.

In service since February 23, 1881 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1896, State Councilor , Vice-Director of the 2nd Department (internal relations); promoted to full state councilors on May 14, 1896. From August 24, 1897 to June 1, 1905, Director of the 2nd Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On December 6, 1904 he was granted the rank of Hofmeister of the Supreme Court.

Since June 1, 1905 he is present in the Governing Senate ^[1] .

In 1906-1907 he led the Russian delegation in negotiations with Japan regarding the conclusion of a new treaty on trade and shipping to replace the canceled one in connection with the war. Retaining the title of senator, in 1908-1916 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan . Contributed to the settlement of Russian-Japanese relations after the Russo-Japanese war . He patronized the outstanding Russian Japanese scientist V. M. Mendrin .

In 1912, Malevsky-Malevich represented Russia at the funeral of Emperor Meiji ^[2] .

Before the First World War, Malevsky-Malevich lost the position of the leadership of the Russian Foreign Ministry. In response to a request from where, on whose side Japan would speak in the event of a war in Europe, Malevsky-Malevich, together with a representative of the allied France, suggested that Japan would remain neutral. This answer did not satisfy Minister S. D. Sazonov , who already knew from other sources that Japan was leaning toward an alliance with Russia. After the outbreak of hostilities in Europe, when military orders for the supply of weapons and ammunition began to arrive in Japan, the ambassador was unable to fulfill all the growing demands of the military department and was eventually dismissed from his post in 1916.

Honorary member of the Imperial Women's Patriotic Society and member of the Advisory Committee under the Council of this society.

He was married to Sofia Petrovna Rogovich, the daughter of a senator, secret adviser Pyotr Ivanovich Rogovich , but the marriage was dissolved in 1901).

Son - Malevsky-Malevich Peter Nikolaevich (1891 - 05.25.1974, Paris), one of the leaders of the Eurasian movement in the Russian emigration; officer of the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment , member of the White Movement ^[3] .

Daughter - Eugene (born 1892).

Son - Malevsky-Malevich Andrei Nikolaevich (1896-1914), officer of the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment , participant in the First World War, died at the front ^[4] .

Son - Malevsky-Malevich Konstantin Nikolaevich (1897, Moscow - 06/09/1927), a guard officer, was arrested on February 5, 1927 after being extradited by the Persian authorities, was shot on June 9, 1927, among 20 people executed in response to the murder of P. L. Voikova . He was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery ^{[5] [3]} .

Brother - Malevsky-Malevich Svyatoslav Andreyevich, graduated from the Nikolaev Cavalry School , in 1917, with the rank of State Councilor, he was the managing director of the Noble Land Bank in Petrograd.

For his service, Malevsky-Malevich was awarded many Russian and foreign orders, including:

• Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree (1902)
• Order of St. Anne 1st degree (1909)
• Order of St. Vladimir , 2nd degree (1912)

Foreign:

• Bukhara Order of the Golden Star of the 1st degree (1893)
• Danish Commander Cross of the Order of Danebrog (1896)
• Portuguese Commander's Cross of the Order of Christ (1896)
• Bulgarian Order of St. Alexander 1st degree (1897)
• French Commander's Cross of the Legion of Honor (1897)
• Prussian Order of the Crown of the 1st degree (1897)
• Austrian Commander Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph with a Star (1897)
• Belgian Grand Officer Cross of the Order of Leopold (1900)
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy (1902)
• Spanish Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1903)
• Austrian Order of the Iron Crown 1st degree (1904)
• Swedish Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (1905)
• Prussian Order of the Red Eagle 1st degree (1906)
• Japanese Order of the Rising Sun , 1st class (1908)

• List of civilian ranks of the first three classes of seniority for 1914. - PG., 1914. - S. 281—282.
• Lopukhin V. B. Notes of the former director of the department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Otv. ed. S.V. Kulikov; entry stat. S.V. Kulikova, preparation. text and comm. S.V. Kulikova, D.N. Shilova .. - SPb. : Nestor-Istoriya, 2009 .-- 540 p.

• Nikolai Andreevich Malevsky-Malevich