Prince Sergey Pavlovich Golitsyn (1815-1888) - Lieutenant General (1878), Chernihiv Governor , leader of peasant reform .
| Sergey Pavlovich Golitsyn | |
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| Date of Birth | August 13, 1815 |
| Date of death | February 2, 1888 (72 years old) |
| Place of death | Poltava |
| Nationality |  Russian empire |
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Biography
The son of Prince P.A. Golitsyn , the grandson of Count S.P. Rumyantsev , the heir to the Rumyantsev family estate of Trinity-Kainardzhi . Named after grandfather. He studied at the school of guards ensigns together with M. Yu. Lermontov .
He began his service in 1832 as an adjutant of the 2nd Guards Infantry Division, commanded by the heir . As adjutant general, Alexander Nikolaevich enjoyed his confidence. In 1848 he retired with the rank of captain. In 1854-1858 he lived abroad, being ranked as a mission in Stuttgart . There, Golitsyn, “a curious man on his mind” [1] , was “the main factotum of the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna” [2] . August 30, 1868 promoted to major general .
In 1862-1870 he headed the Chernigov province . He was responsible for the implementation of peasant, judicial and zemstvo reforms in these parts of the world. Golitsyn compensated for the not-so-good choice of world mediators by persistent, but tactful upholding of peasant interests. In 1863, he was promoted to full state councilor, and in the same year received the rank of chamberlain . On April 16, 1878 he was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed a member of the Main Military Hospital Committee.
He died in 1888 and was buried in the family tomb on the territory of the necropolis of the Troitskoye-Kainardzhi estate. According to the opinion of A. M. Lazarevsky , Golitsyn was “unconditionally an honest and kind man, and, moreover, unrestrained. He undoubtedly belonged to the merit of a harmless more or less permission in the Chernigov province of peasant affairs. He gave in the province that tone, which was listened to and to which the mediators echoed, seeing that the tone was persistent ” [3] .
Russian [4] :
- Order of St. Stanislav 1 tbsp. (1865)
- Order of St. Anne 1 tbsp. (1867)
- Order of St. Vladimir 2 tbsp. (1870)
- Order of the White Eagle (1880)
- Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1886)
foreign:
- Baden Order of the Tseringen Lion 2 tbsp. Commander's Cross (1857)
- Hesse-Darmstadt Order of Philip the Magnanimous 2 tbsp. Commander's Cross (1857)
- Prussian Order of the Red Eagle 2 tbsp. (1857)
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin Order of the Vendian Crown 2 tbsp. big cross (1876)
- Italian Order of the Saints of Mauritius and Lazarus 1 tbsp. (1876)
- Braunschweig Order of Heinrich Leo with Swords (1881)
Compositions
In 1857, Prince Golitsyn printed a pamphlet for the people of “Pechatnaya Pravda”, trying to acquaint the peasants with the proposed reform and deter them from revolutionary actions. This work was irritated by the progressive press, both legal and illegal. The conservative press was alarmed by the compassionate attitude of the author to the reform plans.
In 1859, in the "Russian Herald" Golitsyn published an article, "Village Dumas," where he spoke in favor of the ransom and participation of peasants in assessing the ceded lands. He participated in the preparation of peasant reform as a member of the editorial commissions.
Family
Wife (from 05.02.1837) - Countess Lyubov Petrovna Apraksina (03.13.1819-14.06.1882), maid of honor of the court (1836), daughter of Count Pyotr Ivanovich Apraksin (1784-1852) from his marriage with Elizaveta Andreevna Kuzmina-Karavaeva. According to contemporaries, the young Countess Apraksina “was a star in Moscow society, she captivated and amazed everyone with her brilliant extraordinary beauty [5] and wonderful eyes” [1] . Being immensely kind, she also had a remarkable mind. Living in the 1850s because of her painful situation with her husband in Stuttgart, Princess Golitsyna earned the cordial affection of Queen Olga Nikolaevna, who often rested in her company [2] , and enjoyed her friendly disposition and then [3] . She was buried in the family tomb on the territory of the necropolis of the Troitskoye-Kaynardzhi estate. Children:
- Varvara (1838-1897), first husband (since 1858) Alexei Sergeyevich Mukhanov , second husband (since 1868) Prince Andrei Alexandrovich Liven ; son of this marriage, Alex .
- Olga (1839-1919), wife of Fyodor Nikolaevich Ryumin (1835-1889).
- Love (1841-1910), wife of General Alexander Alekseevich Svechin (1823-1896).
- Nikolay (1848-1922), the last owner of the Troitskoye-Kainardzhi estate.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Memoirs of Count S. D. Sheremetev / Federal Archival Service of Russia. - M.: From Indrik, 2001. - T. 1. - S. 258.
- ↑ 1 2 From the notes of N. V. Isakov // Historical Bulletin. - 1915. - T. 141. - S. 93.
- ↑ 1 2 A.M. Lazarevsky. Excerpts from Chernihiv memories // Kiev Old. —1 901. - T. 72, No. 3. - S. 363.
- ↑ List of seniority generals . St. Petersburg 1887
- ↑ Notes of Count M. D. Buturlin. T. 1. - M .: Russian estate, 2006. - S. 387.
Literature
- Golitsyns, Russian commanders and statesmen // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.