Baron Konstantin Platonovich Fredericks ( 1858 - 1910 ) - Nizhny Novgorod governor (1905-1906). Cousin of the Minister of the Imperial Court Vladimir Borisovich Frederiks . Father of physicist Vsevolod Konstantinovich Fredericks .
| Konstantin Platonovich Fredericks | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Pavel Friedrichovich Unterberger | ||||||
| Successor | Mikhail Nikolaevich Shramchenko | ||||||
| Birth | 1858 | ||||||
| Death | 1910 | ||||||
| Kind | Fredericks | ||||||
| Father | Platon Aleksandrovich Fredericks | ||||||
| Spouse | Olga Vladimirovna Mengden | ||||||
| Children | Natalia, Vladimir, Vsevolod | ||||||
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Biography
The service of a graduate of the Page Corps began in His Majesty's Life Guards Ulansky regiment.
He participated in many battles and battles. He participated in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-78.
Until 1891, he served in Poland as an official of special assignments, then Siberia, the vice-governorship in the Tobolsk province . And only five years later, already in the rank of state adviser, he managed to move to the Volga.
Neither special abilities nor business initiative Konstantin Platonovich was different. But impeccably carried out all the instructions of the governors.
Serious troubles began in 1905 when Fredericks, after the resignation of Unterberger, became acting governor.
Finding himself in a new role, he did not find the strength in himself to counter revolutionary anarchy, meekly surrenders power to the strike committee, and closes newspapers that are objectionable to that.
Dismissed and convicted in 1906 for bribery.
The Fredricks Press
"St. Petersburg. The highest order ordered to be the vice-governor of Nizhny Novgorod - Baron K.P. Fredericks - the governor of Nizhny Novgorod. "
- “Russian Vedomosti”, January 11, 1906
"The Nizhny Novgorod Governor Baron K.P. Fredericks needed money all the time."
- "New time", February 1, 1907
“Baron Fredericks, being the governor of Nizhny Novgorod, did not pay 1300 rubles for the furniture he bought in Moscow in the Smirnov store ...”
- "Nizhny Novgorod Zemstvo newspaper", January 25, 1907
"... At the suit of Lesovoy, Baron Fredericks was charged 2000 rubles by a decision of the Nizhny Novgorod District Court."
- "Nizhny Novgorod Zemstvo newspaper", January 25, 1907
Family
Wife: Olga Vladimirovna (1859-1920), daughter of Baron V.M. Mengden . Their son:
- Vsevolod Konstantinovich Fredericks (1885-1944)
Sources
- Konstantin Platonovich Fredericks Nizhny Novgorod governors of the 18th-21st centuries : historical portraits / MUK CBS Sormovsky district, fil. them. Lenin Komsomol; comp. ch. bibliographer N.F. Melnikov. - N. Novgorod, 2007 .-- 66 p. - S. 19
- Gurevich V. There are no tombstones: [about K. Fredericks] // "Nizhny Novgorod Truth." - 2002. - Apr 11 - S. 2. - (Broken Fates).
- Ivanova T. Shooting and dancing : [K. P. Fredericks and M. N. Shramchenko] // "Nizhny Novgorod Worker." - 2001. - Nov 1. (No. 218). - S. 8.
- Lakhin L. Nizhny Novgorod Governor - head over heels in panama: [high-profile case of Governor Fredericks K. P.] // "Nizhny Novgorod Worker". - 1999. - Oct 7. (No. 188). - S. 17.
- Makarov I. “The Dull and Minor Baron Fredericks”. Konstantin Platonovich Fredericks. 1905-1906 // Governors and police officers: they were Nizhny Novgorod. - Nizhny Novgorod: Publishing House "Books", 2005. - S. 278-285.