Bogdan Egorovich Elchaninov ( Yelchaninov ; 1744 - 1770 ) - colonel, hero of the Russian-Turkish war of 1768-1774, playwright .
| Bogdan Egorovich Elchaninov | |
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| Date of Birth | November 20, 1744 |
| Place of Birth | Russian empire |
| Date of death | October 20, 1770 (25 years old) |
| Place of death | Russian empire |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire |
| Type of army | cavalry |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Part | Riga Carabinier Regiment |
| Battles / wars | Russian-Turkish war of 1768—1774 |
| Awards and prizes | Order of St. George 4th Art. (1770) |
Biography
Born November 20, 1744, the nephew of the Kiev governor, Lieutenant General Y. V. Yelchaninov .
Being a lieutenant colonel of the Riga Carabinieri Regiment , he participated in the Russian-Turkish war of 1768-1774 with honors and was awarded the Order of St. July 27, 1770 . George 4th degree (No. 16 according to the lists of Sudravsky and Grigorovich - Stepanov)
| For the brave deed he did on July 7, 770, when taking the enemy’s battery, where he arrived and drove the enemy with a squadron. |
Produced on August 2, 1770 as a colonel , on October 20 of the same year, Yelchaninov died during the siege of Brailov [1] .
Yelchaninov was close to V.I. Lukin , the famous playwright of the 18th century and was himself no stranger to literary activity. He wrote a comedy in one act: “The Punished Rotary Question”, played and published in St. Petersburg in 1767 (reprinted in the publication of Efremov : “Compositions and Translations of V. I. Lukin and B. E. Elchaninov”, St. Petersburg, 1868) ; translated from French “Letters from Mr. Fanny Burtled to my lord Karl Alfred de Kaitombridge” (St. Petersburg, 1765). His other comedy: “Awarded Virtue”, written in imitation of “The Scotch” by Voltaire, was not preserved, but it was a success among Yelchaninov's contemporaries, although it was placed below the “Punished Helicopter Question”.
Notes
- ↑ The Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and a number of other reference publications erroneously say that Yelchaninov died near Brailov in 1769.
Literature
- Yelchaninov, Bogdan Egorovich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Stepanov V.S., Grigorovich P.I. In memory of the centennial of the imperial Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George. (1769-1869). - SPb. , 1869.
- Field Marshal Rumyantsev. Collection of documents and materials. - M. , 1947.