Mirkovich, Alexander Yakovlevich

Born on February 2, 1792 in a family of nobles of the Tula province . Father - State Counselor Yakov Stepanovich Mirkovich, mother - Marya Gavrilovna Golova, brother Fedor Yakovlevich Mirkovich , nephew Mikhail Fedorovich Mirkovich .

He graduated from the course in His Majesty's Page Corps , where his name is among the most excellent, is listed on a marble board. Being a page, he was during the burial of Emperor Paul I. In 1810, at the age of 17, he was promoted to officer with the rank of lieutenant and was appointed to the Life Guards Horse Regiment , in whose ranks he participated in the Patriotic War of 1812 and in the campaigns of 1813-1814 .

In the case near Fer-Champenoise , according to the personal order of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich , the 4th squadron of this regiment was sent to a six-gun enemy battery, and His Majesty's Life Squadron on the enemy’s square. The brilliant attack of these two squadrons ended with the destruction of the infantry square and battery, and Mirkovich's horse was killed.

In 1817, on the occasion of the imperial court’s move to Moscow , where Alexander I intended to have a long stay, Mirkovich was in the horse guard division, which was part of the Moscow Guards detachment, and on October 12, the day the French left Moscow, was present at the laying of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior . After 66 years, it was Mirkovich, among very few surviving veterans of World War II, who was invited to attend the solemn consecration of this church.

In 1820, Colonel Mirkovich was appointed senior adjutant at the headquarters of the Guards Corps. In 1821, due to political circumstances, the Guards Corps was moved to the Western Region and the next year it was located in the vicinity of the city of Vilna , from where, in the form of a special distinction, Mirkovich was sent by the commander of the Guards Corps to meet the Emperor, who left St. Petersburg for Vilna. Colonel Mirkovich met him near Luga and accompanied the Emperor on his further journey.

After the highest inspection and parade, the guard marched to St. Petersburg and soon after returning to the capital Mirkovich married. Meanwhile, persistent eye disease and the need to do household chores forced him to resign, but even here he did not remain alien to the troops. While retired, he finished the history of the Life Guards Horse Regiment, which he had begun in the service, and in 1824 introduced it to his superiors. Unfortunately, it was not printed.

After retiring for more than 20 years, Mirkovich again entered the service in 1843, on special instructions at the St. Petersburg Governor-General Cavelin, his corps comrade and friend. When Cavelin suffered a serious mental illness, Emperor Nicholas I ordered Mirkovich to remain with Cavelin, as stated in the Supreme Command in order to have supervision and care in his illness.

The emperor took care of Cavelin and ordered Alexander Yakovlevich to provide him daily with information about his state of health. During Cavelin’s stay abroad, these ballots were delivered with urgent couriers to Count Orlov. Upon returning from this business trip, Alexander Yakovlevich received a resklift and a snuff-box with diamonds and a monogram image of His Highness Heir Tsesarevich. He was dismissed by the Major General in 1854 .

Having settled first in the village, and then in Kaluga, Mirkovich did not remain idle, but tried to bring great benefit to society by the exploits of good. With his diligence, the banner of the Azov Regiment , rescued by non-commissioned officer Starichkov, was found, which began to adorn the cathedral church in Kaluga. In memory of the feat of Starichkov, a native of Kaluga, at the request of Mirkovich, an almshouse of Starichkov was arranged.

The main concern of Alexander Yakovlevich was to perpetuate the exploits of the Russian people in World War II, he subsequently procured the Highest Permission for the construction of a monument to Belyaev, a former district court recorder, in Maly Yaroslavts .

Maintaining a sincere and unlimited sense of love for the motherland, Alexander Yakovlevich was interested in everything related to the history of Russia. He carefully collected historical documents, kept the letters of Catherine II to his wife’s grandfather Chicherin, which he later transferred to the Imperial Public Library .

Alexander Yakovlevich Mirkovich died at the age of 96. His body was buried in the monastery of the Holy Cross on June 24, 1888. The procession was attended by units of troops stationed in Kaluga, to give honors to the deceased as the St. George Knight.

Alexander Yakovlevich was married twice, from his first marriage, son Mirkovich Vladimir Alexandrovich, then to Ekaterina Alexandrovna Chicherina (1790? —1848), daughter of Major General Alexander Nikolaevich Chicherin and Elizaveta Petrovna Demidova , granddaughter of N. I. Chicherin and P. G. Demidova . In 1828, their son Alexander was born (in 1866, the guard colonel).

• Order of St. Anne 4th Art. (12/19/1812)
• Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. with bow (09/15/1813)
• Golden sword “For courage” (03/13/1814)
• Order of St. Anne, 2nd art. (10.26.1821, the imperial crown to the order was granted on 04.15.1845)
• Order of St. Vladimir 3rd art. (01/31/1847)
• Order of St. George 4th Art. (11/26/1853)
• Prussian Insignia of the Iron Cross (1813)

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• Chronos biography
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