Polivanov, Nikolai Petrovich

He joined the service in 1787 as a lieutenant in the Preobrazhensky regiment . He was a volunteer in a rowing flotilla in the Gulf of Finland. In 1789 he took part in a campaign against the Swedes . Also, in 1789 he joined the Suvorov Army, and took part in the campaign against the Turks during the siege of Bender , Kiliya , took part in the assault on Izmail . He participated in the campaign against the Poles in Poland and Lithuania , under Kobrin , Krupchichy and Brest-Litovsk , participated in the assault on Prague and the capture of Warsaw . October 26, 1794 was awarded the golden weapon "For Courage" ^[1] .

In 1798, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel , transferred to the Konnoyegersky , and then to the Sumy regiment , commanding which, in 1799 , took part in the Swiss campaign against the French near Zurich and beyond the Rhine in the battle of Schlat. From Suvorov, he was instructed to negotiate with the Bavarian government on the passage of Russian troops through Bavaria . On a special assignment, he settled with the Austrian government for food. Several times he was appointed as a parliamentarian, because of the special diplomatic ability to negotiate.

In 1799, during the battle of Zurich, he was in Korsakov’s corps and was sent by the parliamentarian to Massena at a critical moment in the battle. With the help of military cunning , sacrificing his life, near Zurich, he saved up to 2,000 people by going to the enemy camp to the commander-in-chief General Massenet and, under the pretext of negotiations with him, stopped the action of the enemy artillery for five hours, giving these opportunities, cut off our troops, connect with the main corps, without any loss. General Massena, seeing the retreat of his troops, then said to N.P. Polivanov: “Vous payerez ca de votre tête” ( Russian, you will pay for it with your head ), to which Polivanov answered: “Que vaut ma tête quand Parmee est sauvée” ( Russian. What is my head worth when Parma is saved ). But, nevertheless, after that, he was arrested. After his release, Polivanov visited the wounded Russian prisoners, whom he rendered, through his mediation to Massena, an invaluable service and assistance.

For this feat he received the rank of colonel and a personalized rescript from Emperor Paul I with an expression of royal favor. The Prussian government was awarded the Order of Pour le merite . Polivanov’s awarding of the Bavarian Order of the Golden Lion has two versions: according to one of them, the order was sent by the Bavarian elector Maximilian IV Joseph to senior adjutant A.V. Suvorov. The elector decided that it was Polivanov, who was negotiating the fate of the Russian wounded. Suvorov wanted Kushnikov to receive this order, who was sent to the Elector with an important assignment to loan money for the troops' food. Ultimately, both Polivanov and Kushnikov received this award. According to another version, the order was received for negotiations with the Bavarian government on the passage of Russian troops through Bavaria ^[2] .

In 1802 he was dismissed from service with a uniform. On February 28, 1803, he was again adopted and determined as adjutant to the infantry general, Rimsky-Korsakov. On January 19, 1805 he was dismissed a second time.

In 1807 , from personal funds, he donated to defend the Fatherland, six guns on carriages and six guns. On June 13, 1808 he was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree ^[3] . He was elected head of the Pokrovsky militia, and during the formation of the mobile militia he was appointed brigade commander . In 1812 he was elected Pokrovsky district leader of the nobility and the 1st candidate for the position of provincial leader , but was not approved, although he received a greater number of electoral votes than his electoral candidate, Prince Mikhail Petrovich Volkonsky.

The commander of the regiment of the Vladimir militia, in 1812, reached Minsk . In September-October 1812 he stood with a regiment in the village of Filippovsky near the Stromynsky road, blocking the enemy’s path to the Vladimir province . His portrait is in Russian Portraits . ^[2]

• Parents:

Father - Peter Matveyevich Polivanov ( 1723 - 5.02. 1790 ) - captain of the Preobrazhensky regiment ,

Mother - Princess Evdokia Nikitishna Baryatinsky - built a stone church in the village. Kozlyatiev.

• Wife, from 14.01. 1799 - Maria Vasilievna Grushetskaya ( 1774 - February 14, 1827 ), from the noble family of the Grushetsky , daughter of Colonel Vasily Nikitich Grushetsky ( 1747 - February 14, 1827 ). In 1819 , Polivanov, together with his wife, lived in the parish of the church of the UMH. Blasia, on the Old Konyushennaya.
• Children:

1. Nadezhda Nikolaevna (born 1803 ). Buried with parents in with. Blagoveshchensk Varnavinsky county .
2. Pyotr Nikolaevich (1.12. 1803 - 9.6. 1864 ) - Lieutenant . He served in the guards horse artillery, was an adjutant to the chief of artillery, General Ignatiev. Buried in with. Blagoveshchensk Varnavinsky county. Wife - Ekaterina Sergeevna nee Norova, sister of the Minister of Education Abraham Sergeyevich Norov .
3. Sofya Nikolaevna (born 20.05. 1805 ).
4. Lyubov Nikolaevna (born 12.07. 1806 - 21.04. 1821 ). She was buried in the village of Kozlyatine under the altar of the church.
5. Vera Nikolaevna (6.03. 1808 ). Husband - Nikolai Pavlovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin ( 1790 - 1848 ). The retired captain, the son of Pavel Nikolayevich Bestuzhev-Ryumin ( 1760 - 1826 ), the court adviser, the city governor of Gorbatov, and Ekaterina Vasilyevna Grushetskaya ( 1748 - d. Until 1826 ) (from the Grushetsky clan) and the brother of Mikhail Pavlovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin .

• Bogorodsky genealogies / Polivanovs (162/126) .