Dmitry Petrovich Sontsov ( November 12 (25), 1812 - August 20 ( September 1 ), 1875 ) is a Russian numismatist and collector of antiquities from the Sontsov family.
| Dmitry Petrovich Sontsov | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | November 12 (25), 1812 |
| Place of Birth | Voronezh |
| Date of death | September 1 ( August 20 ) 1875 (62 years old) |
| Place of death | Moscow |
| A country |  Russian empire |
| Scientific field | numismatist |
One of the founders of the Moscow Archaeological Society .
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Biography
Born in the family of the Voronezh governor Peter Alexandrovich Sontsov and his wife, Ekaterina Dmitrievna, nee Chertkova. He inherited a passion for antiquities from his uncle A.D. Chertkov .
Having been educated in the Page Corps , he was an adjutant at the count of I.F. Paskevich ; participated in the Polish (1831) and Hungarian (1848β1849) campaigns. Then he was an adjutant to the Moscow Governor-General A. G. Shcherbatov , after which he retired.
In 1860, Sontsov published his first numismatic essay, βMoney and Pools of Ancient Russia, Grand Duchess and Specific,β with 123 figures in 12 tables. Later researchers noted that the images of coins in the works of Sontsov were made not from prints, but from the hand, and, as a result, had significant inaccuracies. There were many inaccuracies in the descriptions of coins. D.P. Sontsov made his efforts to ensure that collecting coins was not only collectible, but also had a scientific character: he criticized the sports questions raised by others, accompanied many descriptions of ancient coins with archaeological and historical commentaries, and compiled a manual (on princely genealogy) for engaged in numismatics of a specific period (1869), made extracts from chronicles and acts; while he lacked the appropriate education.
His collections of coins (Roman, Polish, Russian, Czech, Hungarian) were donated by his son, D. D. Sontsov, to the Rumyantsev Museum . Several roughly counterfeit counterfeit coins were discovered in the collections.
Family
Dmitry Sontsov was married twice:
- wife since 1840, Princess Varvara Pavlovna Gagarin (1822-1890), the famous Moscow beauty, daughter of Prince Pavel Pavlovich Gagarin and Maria Grigoryevna Glazenap. Spouses lived wrong with each other. The reason for their discord was the mother-in-law, who was nicknamed "Princess Meger" in society. D.P. Sontsov lived in St. Petersburg, and Varvara Pavlovna was with her mother in Moscow.
- wife Yu. P. Perchel
Compositions
- A painting of ancient Russian utensils from church and household up to the 18th century, located in the Archaeologist-numismatic repository . - M .: Printing house V. Gauthier, 1857;
- Money and Pools of Ancient Russia, Grand Duchy and Udulnye, Volume 1 (M., 1860) - then followed: βthe addition of the secondβ (M., 1862);
- Numismatic studies of Slavic coins, part 1 . - M .: University printing house, 1865 - an addition soon followed: part 1, issue II (M., 1867);
- A reference book for those involved in the specific period of Russian history. - M .: printing house of A.I. Mamontov (St. Petersburg), 1869. - 42 p.
- About the Stone Age. - M.: University Printing House, 1870. - 27 p.
- From the memories of the Hungarian campaign . (Notes of the participant and the eyewitness). - M., type. F. Johanson, 1871 .-- 32 p. [one]
- Essay on the history of the Russian people until the 17th century "(M., 1875).
His articles on numismatics were published in the Archaeological Bulletin, Proceedings of the Moscow Archaeological Society, and Izvestia of the Russian Archaeological Society.
Notes
- β Entered into the collection "Nineteenth Century" (1872).
In RGALI there is still a manuscript βFrom the memoirs of 1846. Troubles in Galicia "
Literature
- Sontsov // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Ulyanitsky V. A. Dmitry Petrovich Sontsov // Transactions of Moscow Numismatic Society. T 1. - 1898.