Mikhail Nikolaevich Ostrovsky ( 1827 - 1901 ) - Russian statesman; served as minister of state property in the reign of Emperor Alexander III (1881-1892). Member of the Council of State ; Honorary Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences [1] , Chairman of the Committee of the Museum of Applied Knowledge (St. Petersburg); Secretary of State , Actual Privy Counselor (since May 15, 1883); honorary member of various societies.
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| Predecessor | Nikolai Pavlovich Ignatiev | ||||||
| Successor | Vladimir Ivanovich Veshnyakov | ||||||
| Birth | March 30 ( April 11 ) 1827 Moscow | ||||||
| Death | July 25 ( August 7 ) 1901 (74 years) St. Petersburg | ||||||
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| Education | Moscow University (1848) | ||||||
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Biography
Born in Zamoskvorechye in the family of a nobleman in the first generation (from the clergy ); his elder brother is playwright A. N. Ostrovsky
In 1844 he graduated from the 1st Moscow Gymnasium ; in 1848 - the law faculty of Moscow University with the degree of candidate . He began his service on April 26, 1849, under the Simbirsk civil governor. From 1854, he served in the office of the State Comptroller V. A. Tatarinov , participating in the introduction of control reform; He went from an official of special assignments of the VIII class to a comrade of state controller, from April 17, 1871 . He sent for audits to Vladimir , Tula , Kaluga , Yaroslavl , Kostroma , Pskov , Vilna , Grodno and Kovno provinces , as well as the Kingdom of Poland . In 1877, he audited the actions of the field control of the Caucasian Army. From 1864 - State Councilor ; since 1870 - Privy Councilor; since 1872 - senator , present in the general meeting of 4. 5, and the Senate boundary department. In 1876 he was granted to the State Secretaries of His Imperial Majesty . In 1878, in connection with his appointment as a member of the State Council (to the Department of State Economy), he left the Office of the State Audit Office.
From May 4, 1881 to January 1, 1893 - Minister of State Property, leaving the former titles. When it was held the law of 1888 on the protection of forests. He led the development of measures for the reorganization of resort business in the Caucasian Mineral Waters (1887), a plan to combat phylloxera in the Crimea and the development of winemaking and viticulture there (1887–1888), as well as the Commission for the reorganization of the Zoological Museum of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg ( 1889-1890). As a minister, M.N. Ostrovsky distinguished himself by participating in political intrigues, trying to lead a more prestigious Ministry of the Interior [2] . Since 1883 - Actual Privy Counselor .
From January 1, 1893 to October 3, 1899 - Chairman of the Department of Laws of the State Council, member of the Finance Committee from 1894.
The highest rescript of April 26, 1899 granted the holder of the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called [3] . In addition, he was awarded orders: St. Alexander Nevsky (1881, diamond signs to him - in 1888), St. Vladimir of the 1st degree (1894).
He died on July 25 ( August 7 ), 1901 in St. Petersburg. The funeral took place on July 28 in the Holy Spirit Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra ; The Chairman of the Committee of Ministers , I.N. Durnovo, and others [4] attended. He was buried at Nikolsky cemetery laurels.
Memory
Ostrovsky baths in Zheleznovodsk are named after M. N. Ostrovsky [5] . As Minister of State Property of the Russian Empire , Ostrovsky did a lot to improve the resorts of the Caucasian Mineral Waters [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Profile of Mikhail Nikolaevich Ostrovsky on the official website of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- ↑ Voronov I. I. Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Empire: XIX - early XX centuries. - Krasnoyarsk, 2013. - p. 188.
- ↑ The Supreme Rescript, given in the name of the President of the Law Department, Member of the State Council, Senator, Honorary Guardian, State Secretary, Actual Secret Officer Ostrovsky // Governmental Journalist. - April 27 ( May 9 ) 1899 , No. 90. - p. 1.
- Правитель "Governmental Vustnik." - July 29 ( August 11 ) 1901 , No. 166. - p. 2.
- ↑ Ostrovsky baths Zheleznovodsk finally began to save from destruction
- ↑ Ostrovsky baths in Zheleznovodsk
Literature
- Ostrovsky, Mikhail Nikolaevich // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 add.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Almanac of modern Russian statesmen . - SPb. : Type of. Isidor Goldberg, 1897. - pp. 76-78.
- Ostrovsky, Mikhail Nikolaevich / Shilov D. N. // The Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 t.] / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov . - M .: The Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.
- Obituary // Governmental Posture. - July 26 ( August 8 ) 1901 , No. 163. - p. 3.
- Shilov D. N. State leaders of the Russian Empire. - SPb. 2002. pp. 543–546.