Kochubey, Arkady Vasilievich

Arkady Vasilyevich was the youngest son of Major General Vasily Vasilyevich Kochubey (1756-1800) and Elena Vasilyevna, nee Tumanskaya (d. 1836). The couple also had a daughter, Elena (1793–1863) and three sons: Vasily (1784–1844), Demyana (1786–1859) and Alexander (1788–1866) ^[2] . At the age of 10, he lost his father.

In 1794, at the age of four, he was appointed a gefrey corporal in the Life Guards Horse Regiment ^[3] . Until the age of 12, he was brought up with his brother Alexander at home under the leadership of the Swiss Dornier and then Abbot Froman. From 1802 to 1807 he continued his education in St. Petersburg in the aristocratic boarding house Nicolas , where he was sent at the request of his uncle Viktor Pavlovich with his brother ^[4] . From January 25, 1802 he was listed in the College of Foreign Affairs ^{[1] as a} cadet , and from January 2, 1806 - as a translator. On August 25, 1809 he was dismissed ^[3] .

September 12, 1809, together with his brother Demian, he began serving in the office of Prince George Petrovich of Oldenburg under the leadership of F. P. Lubyanovsky and in the Main Directorate of Water and Land Railways (since 1811 the Main Directorate of Railways ) ^[1] . December 20, 1810 - assistant to the head clerk, July 30, 1811 - titular adviser , October 15, 1811 was granted the title of chamber junker .

With the outbreak of World War II, he left the civil service and on October 13, 1812 entered the Grodno Hussars Regiment , with whom he participated in many battles in Russia and in foreign campaigns : for the Battle of Chashniki he received the Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree with a bow, participated in battles under Borisov, under Lucin, Bautzen and others, the capture of Tilsit, Koenigsberg, Berlin and Paris. October 13, 1812 - lieutenant, August 18, 1813 - staff captain, September 14, 1814 - captain, October 10, 1814 at the request of Victor Pavlovich Kochubey transferred to the Life Guards Hussars regiment with the same rank. Due to conflicts with the regiment commander Count Levashov, on the recommendation of Prince Vasilchikov, he moved to the Tver Dragoon Regiment , which was in the corps of Count Vorontsov . May 9, 1816 - lieutenant colonel. March 10, 1824 - retired colonel ^[3] .

November 30, 1824 transferred to the service of an official on special instructions to the head of the postal department; On January 7, 1824, he was a court counselor, on September 30, 1825, he was a college counselor, from January 9, 1828 to 1830 he was the Kiev vice governor, on October 2, 1827 he was a chamberlain, from April 21, 1830 he was the acting governor of Oryol, December 6, 1831 - current State Counselor , January 1, 1832 approved in office. May 4, 1837 - Privy Councilor ^[3] .

On June 30, 1842, he was appointed senator , since 1847, he was an honorary guardian of the St. Petersburg presence of the Board of Trustees of the Empress Maria’s institutions, and in 1847-1868 he managed the hospital for All Mourners ^[1] . As a senator, he was present in the 1st branch of the 5th department of the Senate, and from January 1, 1851 to January 1, 1865 he was the first person in the 2nd branch of the same department. From January 1, 1865 until the end of his life, he was present at the General Meeting of the first three departments and the Department of the Heraldry of the Senate.

Kochubey in his estate in the village of Zgurovka, Pryluk district, collected a library of about 10,000 volumes, which consisted of historical works ^[1] .

Arkady Vasilievich Kochubey died on March 4 (16), 1878. He was buried in St. Petersburg at the Novodevichy Cemetery ^[5] next to the brothers Demyan and Alexander.

Even in the guesthouse, along with his friend, Count S.P. Potemkin , he composed the opera “Darling” ^[6] based on Bogdanovich’s poem, which was then luxuriously published with engravings. Arkady Vasilyevich wrote:

In 1890, Kochubey's notes, Family Chronicle , were published . Notes by Arkady Vasilievich Kochubey. 1790-1873. ” - SPb .: Type. Panteleev brothers, 1890. - 314 p.

Wife (from September 15, 1824) - Princess Sofya Nikolaevna Vyazemskaya (06.15.1798–20.05.1834), godson of Paul I ^[7] , maid of honor of the court, daughter of Senator Prince Nikolai Grigoryevich Vyazemsky (1769–1846) from a marriage with Ekaterina Vasilyevna Vasilchikova (1773 / 1774-1816). On the mother’s side, Sofya Nikolaevna was the granddaughter of Anna Kirillovna Razumovskaya and the native niece of Princess Maria Vasilievna Kochubey . The wedding was in a house church in the village of Dikanka . According to Kochubey, his wife “was very pretty and very kind. Having received a good fortune from her grandfather Razumovsky, she immediately began to think how to help her poor relatives and acquaintances. ” Having lived in marriage for ten years, it was almost inseparable and there were no quarrels between them, moreover, they knew all the thoughts of each other, because they never hid anything from each other. She died in Orel from throat consumption. In marriage were born ^[3] :

• Peter (1825-1892) - Privy Councilor , married to Countess Varvara Alexandrovna Kusheleva-Bezborodko (1829-1894), daughter of Alexander Grigoryevich Kushelev-Bezborodko , from 1851;
• Vasily (1826-1897) - a real state adviser , from 1850 he was married to His Grace Princess Natalya Petrovna Saltykova , and since 1878 to Countess Maria Alekseevna Kapnist (1848-1925), daughter of Alexei Vasilyevich Kapnist . Two of his sons, Peter the Younger and Vasily were county leaders of the nobility in the Poltava province; Peter the Elder (04/18/1857 - 11/13/1879), died suddenly from lung paralysis in Naples.
• Nikolai (1827–1865) - an out -of- town adviser ; since 1849 he was married to Ekaterina Arkadyevna Stolypin (1824–1852), daughter of Arkady Alekseevich Stolypin ; October 1, 1858 in Paris, married Elena Sergeyevna Molchanova (1835-1916), daughter of the Decembrist Sergei Volkonsky . Turgenev , who saw them in Paris in 1860, wrote to Countess Lambert : “I see almost no one here, I know, I don’t like French, and there are few pleasant Russians. There is Count Kochubey, married to Volkonsky’s daughter, and he and she are nice people and love each other so much that it’s fun to look at them. ” According to a contemporary, Elena Sergeyevna was charming not by the correctness of her face, but by the inexplicable grace of the whole slender being, illuminated by expressive large black eyes. She had a wonderful voice and sang wonderful duets with her brother. Well educated, she had a secular gloss, kept herself free and with dignity among high society ^[8] .
• Victor (1828—?)
• Leonty (d. C. 1830 as a child) ^{[K 2]}

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  Peter son

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  Varvara Alexandrovna, daughter-in-law

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  Nikolay, son

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  Elena Sergeevna, daughter-in-law

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  The first wife of Nicholas

• Order of St. Anne 4 degrees
• Order of St. Vladimir 4 degrees with a bow (October 30, 1812);
• Prussian Order of Pour le Mérite (June 11, 1813);
• Golden saber with the inscription "For courage" (July 31, 1813);
• Order of St. Anne 2 degrees (December 31, 1813); (diamond signs February 15, 1814);
• Prussian Order of the Red Eagle, 3rd class (May 30, 1814);
• Order of St. Vladimir 3 degrees (October 4, 1829);
• Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree (October 6, 1833);
• Order of St. Anne of 1 degree (September 26, 1844);
• Order of St. Vladimir 2 degrees (August 30, 1848);
• Order of the White Eagle (July 1, 1851)
• Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (April 17, 1855) (diamond signs of this order were granted on April 23, 1859)
• Order of St. Vladimir 1 degree (April 19, 1864).

• Medal "In memory of the Patriotic War of 1812"
• Medal "For the Capture of Paris"
• Insignia for XX years of immaculate service

• Kochubey Arkady Vasilievich // List of civilian ranks of the first three classes. Corrected on October 1, 1877. - SPb. : Printing House of the Governing Senate , 1877. - S. 7-8.
• List of senators by seniority of ranks. Corrected on April 17, 1866. St. Petersburg, 1866.S. ​​14.
• The Month and the General Staff of the Russian Empire for 1837. Part 2.

• A.V. Kochubey
• Masanov I.F. Dictionary of pseudonyms of Russian writers, scientists and public figures: In 4 vols. - V. 4. - M., 1960. - P. 250
• Kochubey, Arkady Vasilyevich at the Rodovod . Tree of ancestors and descendants