Malama, Aristarkh Ilyich

Aristarch Ilyich Malama ( March 28 ( April 9 ) 1793 -?) - Staff captain of the Astrakhan cuirassier regiment , a participant in the Patriotic War of 1812 and the overseas campaigns of the Russian Imperial Army . (No. 19 on the Family Tree) .

Aristarkh Ilyich Malama
Date of Birth	March 28, 1793 ( 1793-03-28 )
Place of Birth
Date of death	after 1846
Place of death
Affiliation	Russian empire
Type of army	cavalry
Years of service	1809-1816
Rank	captain
Part	1st Cuirassier Division
Commanded	squadron of the Astrakhan cuirassier regiment
Battles / wars	at Ostrovno , Borodino , Berezin (1812); Lucene , Bautzen , Dresden , Kulm , Leipzig (1813); Brienne , Troyes , Bar-sur-Ob , Labruselles, Troyes, Arcy-sur-Ob , Ferschampenoise , Paris (1814), World War 1812
Awards and prizes	Order of St. Anne 4th Art. with swords (1812), The highest favor , Kulm cross (1813), Order of St. Vladimir , 4th art. with swords and bow (1814).
Retired	1816

Born on March 28 [ April 9 ], 1793 , Orthodox, came from hereditary noblemen of the Ekaterinoslav province .

In service since July 14 (26), 1809, as a cadet in the Chernigov Dragoon Regiment; July 30 [ August 11 ] 1810 - fan-cadet; December 12 (24), 1811 - the cornet of the Astrakhan cuirassier regiment; October 6 (18), 1813 for distinction promoted to lieutenant; May 14 (26), 1816 - staff captain. By the highest order of December 30, 1816 [ January 11, 1817 ] and signed by the General Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Army, Prince Barclay de Tolly was dismissed.

On May 16 (28), 1820, he married Maria Mikhailovna, nee Klein, daughter of a lieutenant colonel.

Aristarkh Ilyich went through the entire Patriotic War and was in campaigns, battles and affairs against the enemy, namely: in 1812 - July 14 (26) at Ostrovnya , August 26 [ September 7 ] in the General Battle of Borodin (awarded "for excellent courage" Annenskoy weapons and the Order of St. Anne 4th degree with swords), 14 (26) - 17 (29) under Berezina ;

in April 1813 - April 20 [ May 2 ] under Lutzen , May 8 (20), May 9 (21) under Bauzen , August 14 (26) under Dresden , August 17 (29) and August 18 (30) under Kulm (received the highest favor ) ^[1] , October 4 (16) , 5 (17) and October 6 (18) at the “Battle of the Nations” at Leipzig - promoted to warrant for military distinction;

in 1814 - January 20 [ February 1 ] under Brienne ; participated in the vanguard battles of the detachment of Lieutenant General Count P.P. Palen in February-March: February 12 (24) at Troyes , February 15 (27) at Bar-sur-Ob , February 19 [ March 3 ] at Labruseli, February 20 [ March 4 ] at Troyes, 8 (20) 9 (21) at Aren-sur-Ob, March 13 (25) at Ferschampenoise , March 18 (30) 19 (31) during the battle and capture of Paris (awarded the Order of St. Vladimir 4th degree with swords and bow);

in 1815 - July 28 [ August 9 ] upon entry into Paris and to the city of Vertu.

The Astrakhan regiment , in which A.I. Malam served, was especially distinguished in the Battle of Borodino at one of the most dangerous sites, defending Bagration's flushes and the Semenovsky ravine. During the battle for this ravine, the French cavalrymen of the Latur-Mobur corps (total number of 30 squadrons) entered the battle with the remains of the Russian units defending the Bagration flashes. The cuirassiers of the Lorges division managed to break into the rear of the Russian guard regiments built in the square. To help the guardsmen, the cuirassiers of the brigade of Major General N.M. Borozdin arrived in time, and then the cavalrymen of the 4th Corps of General K.K. Sivers .

Their fearlessness was so strong, - reported the commander of the 2nd brigade of the 1st Cuirassier division (which included the Astrakhan cuirassier regiment ), Major General N. M. Borozdin, General Field Marshal Barclay de Tolly , reported about the actions of his cuirassier, which is also a big the decline of people and horses killed and wounded was not able to upset their ranks, closing each time in order. <...> Justice also requires witnessing that all of them [named in the award list], as well as the lower ranks, in this fierce battle, were so courageous that they seemed to decide to sacrifice their lives ...

- ^[2]

The heroic counter-attacks of the Astrakhan cuirassiers against the heavy French cavalry led to the fact that the French were thrown back over the ravine. The cost of these attacks and what the enemy’s resistance was in this battle is indicated by the losses suffered by the Astrakhan cuirassier regiment: 95 out of 563 people survived after the battle. ^[3]

Breastplate of A.I. Malama

Breastplate of A.I. Malama (back)

Aristarch Ilyich, although at the most tender age (five years), lost his untimely death of his beloved father, in contrast to many freethinkers of his time, he was an Orthodox man and a deeply religious person. Throughout the war, he prayerfully wore a parental blessing on his chest: a two-sided icon of the Savior and His Most Holy Mother. On the silver frame of this icon, at the end of the war, Aristarkh Ilyich, in gratitude to God and as a warning to posterity, engraved the inscription on the sides of the icon:

“In the campaign and in the General Srazhenіyakh the breasts of Aristarchus of Malama were found. Prestravnѣ 1 With a birch bark 2 pre lyutsyn 1 bautsyn 2 dresden 1 kulm 2 leipzig 3 brynen 1 trua 1 barsirob 1 labrezel 1 rent 1 ferry 1 Paris 2.

The portrait of A. I. Malama, as one of the participants in the Battle of Borodino, is placed in Modzalevsky’s Little Russian Genealogy along with A. S. Miloradovich.

Aristarkh Ilyich owned with. Ilyinsky (220 souls and 5000 acres of land) in the Upper Dnieper county of Yekaterinoslav province .