Pyotr Vasilievich Orzhevsky ( August 11, 1839 , St. Petersburg - March 31, 1897 , Vilno ) - cavalry general, comrade minister of the interior, commander of the gendarme corps and Vilensky, Kovensky and Grodno governor-general , senator.
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| Successor | Nikolay Ignatievich Shebeko | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Ivan Semenovich Kakhanov | ||||||
| Successor | Vitaly Nikolayevich Trotsky | ||||||
| Birth | August 11, 1839 St. Petersburg | ||||||
| Death | March 31, 1897 (57 years old) Willy | ||||||
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| Years of service | 1857-1897 | ||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||||
| Rank | cavalry general | ||||||
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Biography
Born into a noble family. The grandson of the priest of the village of Orzhevo, Kirsanovsky district, Tambov province . The son of a senator, secret adviser Vasily Vladimirovich Orzhevsky .
Since June 11, 1855, the page-cameras . In 1857 he graduated from the Page Corps , upon graduation he was named excellent, on August 26 he was promoted to ensign of the Life Guards Izmailovsky Regiment . In 1858-1860 - a student of the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff , after which on May 9 he was transferred to the Life Guards Cavalier Guard regiment in the rank of cornet . On August 30 of the same year he was promoted to lieutenant . August 30, 1862 promoted to staff captain . March 27, 1866 promoted to captain . Since 1867 - the adjutant of the emperor. Until 1873 - regimental quartermaster , adjutant , squadron commander, chairman of the regimental court, commander of the 1st division, assistant regiment commander.
Since 1873 - Head of the Warsaw Gendarme District. Since 1874 - Major General , enlisted in the retinue of His Majesty .
From June 12, 1882 to 1887, he was a fellow Minister of the Interior D. A. Tolstoy , head of the police and commander of the Separate Gendarmes , and on August 30, 1882, he was promoted to lieutenant general . May 9, 1884 appointed senator, with the resignation. From April 6, 1893 and until 1897 - Vilensky, Kovensky and Grodno Governor-General . Since 1896 - a cavalry general .
In 1897, he suddenly died and was buried in his estate in the village of Novaya Chartoriya, Novograd-Volyn Uyezd .
Family
Wife (since 1883) - Princess Natalya Ivanovna Shakhovskaya (1859-1939), granddaughter of the Decembrist Fyodor Petrovich Shakhovsky [1] and sister of Prince Dmitry Shakhovsky . After the death of her husband, she devoted herself to charity. Since 1897 she was the trustee of the Novograd-Volyn district Red Cross. For her work she was granted the cavalry ladies of the Order of St. Catherine (the smaller cross) . From 1911 to 1918 she headed the Volyn Provincial Committee of the Red Cross in Zhitomir. Since 1925 she was the chairman of the St. Nicholas Brotherhood in Zhytomyr. In 1934 she was arrested and sentenced to exile, where she died.
Notes
- ↑ Vergasov F. Peter Vasilievich Orzhevsky-Orzheevsky . Pseudology Date of treatment December 17, 2012. Archived December 28, 2012.
Literature
- Almanac of modern Russian statesmen . - SPb. : Type of. Isidore Goldberg, 1897 .-- S. 567.
- Freiman, O. R. Pages for 185 years: biographies and portraits of former pages from 1711 to 1896 / collected and published by O. R. von Freiman. - Friedrichshamn: Type. Acc. Islands, 1894-1897. - S. 688. - 952 p.
- Encyclopedia of Secret Services of Russia / Compiled by A.I. Kolpakidi. - M .: AST, Astrel, Transitbook, 2004 .-- S. 138. - 800 p. - ISBN 5-17018975-3 .