Count Vladimir Vladimirov Alekseevich Bobrinsky (October 2 ( 14 ), 1824 - May 22 ( June 3 ), 1898 ) was a major sugar factory of the Bobrinsky family, a major general and a real secret adviser . In 1869-71 Minister of Railways of the Russian Empire .
| Vladimir Alekseevich Bobrinsky | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Pavel Petrovich Melnikov | ||||||
| Successor | Alexey Pavlovich Bobrinsky | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Ivan Vladimirovich Galler | ||||||
| Successor | Ivan Nikolaevich Skvortsov | ||||||
| Birth | 2 (14) October 1824 St. Petersburg , Russian Empire | ||||||
| Death | May 22 ( June 3 ) 1898 (73 years) Smila , Russian Empire | ||||||
| Rod | Bobrinsky | ||||||
| Father | Alexey Alekseevich Bobrinsky | ||||||
| Mother | Sofya Alexandrovna Samoilova | ||||||
| Spouse | Maria Gavriilovna Brezhnev | ||||||
| Education | St. Petersburg University | ||||||
| Religion | Orthodoxy | ||||||
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| Years of service | 1846–1869 | ||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||||
| Type of army | army | ||||||
| Rank | major general | ||||||
| Battles | Crimean War | ||||||
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Biography
The younger son of the Stallmeister Count Alexei Alekseevich Bobrinsky (1800–1868) from marriage with the Countess Sofya Alexandrovna Samoilova (1797–1866). Born in St. Petersburg and was baptized in St. Isaac's Cathedral on December 14, 1824, the godson of Count N. A. Samoylov and State Counselor E. N. Donets-Zakharzhevskaya [1] .
He owned along with his brothers unrequited estates in the Kiev , Kursk , Oryol , Simbirsk , Tula provinces . In 1846 he graduated from the Law Faculty of St. Petersburg University as a candidate of law.
May 23 ( June 4 ) 1846 entered the service in the St. Petersburg provincial government with the rank of collegiate secretary .
February 14 ( 26 ), 1847, was confirmed to the post of secretary of the 1st branch of the provincial government.
August 3 ( 15 ), 1848 - Titular Advisor .
On 9 ( 21 ) June 1849 he was appointed official of special assignments under the Petersburg governor.
From August 23 ( September 4 ), 1850 - the chamber junker of the court of His Imperial Majesty.
January 30 ( February 11 ) 1851 transferred to the staff of the office of the Kiev civil governor.
May 16 ( 28 ), 1853 was elected a candidate for the position of the leader of the nobility of Cherkassy district, Kiev province . August 22 ( September 3 ), 1853 was approved for the post with the dismissal of the office of the Kiev civil governor from the state; on March 25 ( April 6 ), 1854 he was dismissed from the post of leader of the nobility.
From April 24 ( May 6 ) in 1854 - non-commissioned officer of the Hussar Field Marshal Prince of Warsaw, Count Paskevich-Erivan Regiment .
From May 25 ( June 6 ), 1854 — the permanent orderly with the commander-in-chief of the acting army, Field Marshal I.P. Paskevich . Participated in hostilities on the Danube, in the Crimea, under the siege of the Turkish fortress of Silistria , accompanied the prince to Moldova.
From May 30 ( June 11 ) 1854 - cornet .
From June 28 ( July 10 ), 1854 - orderly commander, General of Infantry Prince MD Gorchakov . Participated in the Crimean War .
On April 24 ( May 6 ), 1855, he was promoted to the Emperor's wing-adjutant with a transfer to the Le Hussar Imperial Regiment .
From August 12 ( 24 ), 1855 - the lieutenant .
From November 12 ( 24 ), 1855 to April 10 ( 22 ), 1856, he was in Kiev province to observe the recruitment.
From August 14 ( 26 ), 1856 to September 24 ( October 6 ), 1856 was in Moscow as part of the imperial suite at the coronation of Alexander II .
From 6 ( 18 ) December 1856 - Staff Captain .
From April 21 ( May 3 ) 1857 to June 21 ( July 3 ), 1857 investigated the unrest between university students and officers.
From January 3 ( 15 ), 1858 to January 10 ( 22 ), 1858, he was in the Pskov and Vitebsk gubernias to capture and return fugitive peasants from the construction of the St. Petersburg-Warsaw railway .
On November 13 ( 25 ), 1858, he was seconded to Vladimir Province to investigate the case of the oppression of the peasants by the leader of the nobility of Zadarevo-Koshansky.
On April 12 ( 24 ), 1859 - captain .
From March 3 ( 15 ), 1861 to July 3 ( 15 ), 1861, he was involved in peasant affairs in the Tula province . In Tula, he met Maria Gavriilovna Brezhnev, daughter of Venevian merchant Gabriel Brezhnev, with whom he had been married for only 3 years. They had two children (Emelyan and Peter). It is known that Maria, after the divorce, returned the name of her father, and also wrote down the children under this name. Yemelyan became engaged in farming in the Ryazan province , and Peter married Evdokia Savelyeva from the county town of Epifan ( Tula region ). Four children were born in marriage (Alexandra, Mikhail, Barbara and Maria) [2] .
From August 30 ( September 11 ), 1861 - Colonel .
In 1863 he was seconded to Vilna to lead the management of the railway line from Vilna to the border of the Kingdom of Poland and to defend it against the rebels. By decree of Alexander II of April 17 ( 29 ), 1863, he was appointed acting Grodno military governor of the civil governor . May 4 ( 16 ), 1863, received the rank of Major General and was appointed to the retinue of the emperor. By decree of Alexander II of July 21 ( August 2 ), 1863 , at his own request, he was dismissed with the preservation of his court title.
In 1868, on the personal instructions of the emperor Alexander II, he conducted an audit of the Nikolaev and Moscow-Kursk railways . At the end of the audit and suppression of the abuses revealed by him on June 4 ( 16 ), 1868 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Communications (under the Minister P. P. Melnikov ) and a member of the Council of the Ministry of Communications . With the requirement of reconstruction (with the aim of increasing the bread turnover), the Moscow-Ryazan , Ryazan-Kozlovskaya and Orlovo-Vitebsk railways (with the allocation of 9 million rubles) spoke against the actions of the minister P.P. Melnikov.
From April 20 ( May 2 ) 1869 served as minister with the right to attend the State Council . Supported the railway policy of the Minister of Finance M. H. Reitern . When the ministry was managed by it, the railways strenuously built the railways in a concession manner (4,700 versts of railways were allowed to be built). He proposed to create a Advisory Committee and the Council of the Ministry. The Provisional Regulation of 1870 was adopted, regulating the activities of all the structures of the Ministry.
Made suggestions on the reorganization of the districts of communications. In 1869, the First Congress of Representatives of Railway Enterprises was convened. Considering the state-owned operation of railways to be low-income, he defended the transfer of state-owned railways into the hands of private companies (from 1870 to 1871, 1,819 versts were transferred); as a result of his actions, the debt of private companies to the state treasury at the end of 1871 amounted to 174 million rubles. Unsuccessfully trying to create a network of narrow-gauge railways. 2 ( 14 ) September 1871 was dismissed due to illness without retaining membership in the Council of State.
After resigning from his post, the bachelor Bobrinsky lived in Kiev and the small town of Smila of Cherkassy district of the Kiev province, where he was engaged in agricultural activities and maintaining a large amount of sugar business, widely supplied by his father. He died at the 74th year of life in Smila.
Awards
- Order of St. Anne 4 degrees "For courage" (1855)
- Silver medal in memory of the coronation of Alexander II (1856)
- Order of St. Vladimir, 3 degrees (1868)
- Order of St. Anne, 1 degree (1886)
- Order of Oldenburg Heritage of Peter-Friedrich-Ludwig 2 tbsp. Commander's Cross (1865)
Notes
- ↑ TsGIA SPb. f.19. op.111. d. 213. with. 53.
- ↑ Count Alexei Alekseevich Bobrinsky, grandson of Catherine II
Literature
- Bobrinsky, graphs // New Encyclopedic Dictionary : In 48 volumes (29 volumes published). - SPb. , Pg. , 1911-1916.
- Bobrinsky // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.