Count Otton Ludwigovich Medem ( German: Arthur Otto Graf von Medem ; 1847-1925) - statesman of the Russian Empire , Novgorod governor , member of the State Council .
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| Predecessor | Shturmer, Boris Vladimirovich | ||||||
| Successor | Bashilov, Pyotr Petrovich | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Poznyak, Dmitry Mikhailovich | ||||||
| Successor | Chernov, Alexander Makarovich | ||||||
| Birth | June 21, 1847 | ||||||
| Death | June 29, 1925 (78 years old) | ||||||
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Biography
Representative of the count branch of the genus Medem ; grandson of I.F. Medem (1763-1838).
After graduating from the law faculty of St. Petersburg University with a candidate’s degree, he joined the Ministry of Justice on January 27, 1873. He was sent to the 1st branch of the 3rd department of the Governing Senate . He left the service in 1875, but already in 1877 he again decided on the service and the next year he was elected honorary magistrate of the Khvalynsky district of the Saratov province [1] . He was granted the title of Junker Chamber of the Supreme Court in 1882. In 1883, he was elected chairman of the congress of magistrates of the Khvalynsky okrug. In 1887 he was elected a candidate for the leadership of the nobility. In 1889, he was appointed chairman of the Khvalynsk district county council and the district leader of the nobility.
In 1893 he was appointed vice-governor of the Voronezh province , and in 1896 he was appointed governor of the Novgorod province .
He contributed to the design and construction of a new bridge with iron farms across the Volkhov . Under him, the restoration of Novgorod Sophia Cathedral , one of the main spiritual symbols of Russia, was completed. Count Medem left the post of Novgorod governor in 1907.
In 1910, at the Highest Commandment, Count Medem was instructed to revise the material service and facilities of the Siberian Railway . The most comprehensive report on the audit, which took place from May 30, 1910 to February 29, 1912 in the Omsk Military District, took 253 pages. According to the information provided, 36 criminal cases were instituted against officers and officials of the Siberian Cossack army; thefts and savings due to the remuneration of labor by small employees, problems with the supply of water and coal, etc. were revealed.
In 1914, Otton Ludwigovich Medem became a member of the Council of State.
The October Revolution found him in Petrograd , from where he emigrated to Germany. Having settled in Munich with his sister, he earned lessons in Russian and French and translations. Medem was a member of the Bavarian Russian monarchist association. At the end of his life, he moved to his sister's estate - Kronvinkl, where he died on June 29, 1925.
Wife (from 1873 [2] ) - Alexandra Dmitrievna Naryshkina (1847-1914), daughter of Colonel D. I. Naryshkin and niece of Princess Z. I. Yusupova . Children:
- Maria (1873-1934, married to Netsvetaev [3] .
- Alexander (1877-1931)
- Dmitry (1882-1943)
- George (1885-1918) [4] .
Notes
- ↑ He was elected to this position for four consecutive three years.
- ↑ The wedding took place in Riga on May 21, 1873. Ludwig and Sophia (nee Catherine Elena Anna von Levenstern) Medems agreed to marry their son only on condition that their grandchildren accept Lutheranism, while the laws of the Russian Empire up to the October manifesto of 1905 made this possible only in the most exceptional cases and, turning to the Highest Name, such an “exclusive right” was obtained - see Naumov A. Graf Alexander Medem: “our blood will not be wasted ...” Archived copy of October 29, 2013 on the Wayback Machine // Orthodoxy and the Present. - 2008. - No. 9 (25).
- ↑ In 1905, she, against the wishes of her parents, married officer B.A. Netsvetaev.
- ↑ Naumov A. V. The dissertation "The Fates of the Russian Nobility in the 20th Century (based on the materials of three generations of the Khvalyn branch of the Counts of Medem)" - Saratov, 2009.
Sources
- Almanac of modern Russian statesmen . - SPb. : Type of. Isidore Goldberg, 1897 .-- S. 695.