Prince Alexei Ivanovich Golitsyn (May 11 (22), 1765 - May 6, 1802 [K 1] ) - Prime Minister , writer and translator.
| Alexey Ivanovich Golitsyn | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | May 22, 1765 |
| Date of death | May 6, 1802 (aged 36) |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |
| Citizenship |  Russian empire |
| Occupation | prose writer , translator |
| Father | Ivan Alekseevich Golitsyn |
| Mother | Praskovya Stepanovna Lopukhina |
| Spouse | Alexandra Andreevna Khrushchova |
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Biography
Of the Golitsyn- Alekseevichs, the grand-nephew of F. I. Golitsyn and S. V. Gagarin . The eldest son of Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Alekseevich Golitsyn (1729-1767) and Praskovya Stepanovna (1734 — until 1810), daughter of S.V. Lopukhin . Father died shortly after the birth of his youngest son, Sergei .
Prince Golitsyn from 1779 served in the Izmailovsky regiment . Alexey Ivanovich from a young age was fond of literary activity. At first he translated the works of French and German writers.
In 1782, translated from German four moralistic stories by P. J. B. Nugare, “A Picture of the Nonsense of the Present Century or Passions of Different Ages” [K 2] .
In 1783, together with his brother Sergei, he printed a translation from the French novel “A New Triumph of the Fair Sex, or Authentic Notes of the Maiden Dyuternel” (Hor. And der. Bk, part 7).
In 1790, a translation was published in Moscow in verses by Voltaire's The Genriad , about which N. M. Karamzin wrote that “Golitsyn was only able to“ express the thoughts of the poets ”; meanwhile, they had to be expressed “with the same accuracy, with the same purity and pleasantness as in the original” [3] . ”
In 1791 - translation of the tragedy of Voltaire "Oedipus". Golitsyn wrote several comedies: his own - “New Eccentrics, or Projector: Comedy in five acts” and “The Invisible Father, or Married to his mother, married his daughter”, as well as translated from French - “Deaf or Full Inn” P. -J.-B. Shudar Deforge; “Secular appeal, or Mores of the Century” (1798) D. Garrick ’s comedy “Le Bon ton”, to which Golitsyn added the third act. Golitsyn was the author of more than a dozen ods (“Ode to Count Alexander Vasilievich Suvorov-Rymniksky from the settlement of A. G.”, “Ode to E. I. V., Great Sovereign Alexander Pavlovich , Autocrat All-Russian., On his merciful accession to the throne "," Ode to the coronation of Emperor Alexander I "); messages, signatures to portraits, epigrams , epitaphs , all kinds of verses “just in case” (“Poems on the Death of Count A.N. Zubov ”, “The Journey of Sovereign Emperor Paul I to Kazan”). He made two translations of the idyll of S.-F. Panara "Champigny Creek."
In 1798-1800, the three-volume “Collected Works and Translations” was published, containing his main works.
A. Ya. Bulgakov wrote on February 12, 1802 to his father : “We came across a lot of people, and among other things, the servant of Prince Alexei Ivanovich Golitsyn, who brought to St. Petersburg the writings of his master, with a letter to Olenin , to bring to the Tsar [4] .”
Although Golitsyn vividly responded to many socio-political events, tried his hand at different - traditional and new - genres and generally worked with great energy and tenacity, his contemporaries had a very low reputation: in their view, he was a hardworking writer, but untalented
- “Dictionary of the Russian language of the XVIII century”
He died of consumption in St. Petersburg in May 1802, and was buried in the Smolensk cemetery [5] .
Marriage and children
Alexei Ivanovich was married to Alexander Andreevna Khrushchova (1758-1843), daughter of Andrei Ivanovich Khrushchov and Princess Natalya Semyonovna Volkonskaya , daughter of General-General S.F. Volkonsky . He had three sons in marriage:
- Ivan Alekseevich (1787-1812) - chronologist and writer, married to Anna Stepanovna Melgunova (1789-1857). Marriage is childless. Bulgakov informed his brother in a letter dated May 20, 1812: " Prince Alexei Ivanovich Golitsyn, son Ivan (Gorbun), married to Melgunova and abandoned by her, died these days ... [6] "
- Alexander Alekseevich (1789-1814).
- Pyotr Alekseevich (1796-1847) - married to Evdokia Mikhailovna Naryshkina (1790-1862), daughter of Mikhail Petrovich Naryshkin, sister of M. M. Naryshkin and M. M. Tuchkova . Marriage is childless.
Notes
Comments
- ↑ N.N. Golitsyn in "Materials for the complete genealogy of the princes Golitsyn" (1880) indicates the year of death of 1801 [1] ; in the notes to “The Tale of My Birth, Origin and All Life.” I.M. Dolgorukova - approx. 1802 [2]
- ↑ N.N. Golitsyn suggested that the works of Alexei Ivanovich in bibliographic sources of that time were mixed with the works of his cousin - Alexei Petrovich , son of Senator P.A. Golitsyna . So, to the pen of Aleksei Petrovich he relates the following works: “A picture of the stupidities of the present century or passions of different ages” (with it., 1782); “Shipwreck and adventures of Peter Viod” (Moscow, 1786; other ed., St. Petersburg, 1802), “New Historical Dictionary” (from French, M., 1796), “Chronological Table of European Sovereigns”, “Core of Chronological History worldwide from the beginning of the world to the death of Catherine II ”(M., 1804-5). This is due to the fact that they both signed their works “Alexey Golitsyn” [1]
Sources
- ↑ 1 2 Golitsyn N.N. Prince Aleksey Ivanovich // Materials for the complete pedigree of the princes Golitsyn. ” - Kiev: Printing house E. Ya Fedorova, Khreshchatytska Square, own. house, 1880. - S. 145-146.
- ↑ Dolgorukov I.M. The story of my birth, origin and all life .. - St. Petersburg, 2004-2005.
- ↑ Moscow Journal, 1791, part 2, February, p. 207-208
- ↑ From letters of Alexander Yakovlevich Bulgakov to Moscow to his father Yakov Ivanovich // Russian Archive . - 1898. - Issue. 5-8 . - S. 600 .
- ↑ TsGIA SPb. f.19. Op. 111. d.131. l 31. Metric books of the Cathedral of St. Isaac of Dalmatia in St. Petersburg.
- ↑ From the letters of A.Ya. Bulgakov to his brother. 1812 year // Russian archive. - Moscow, 1900. - Issue. 5 . - S. 24 .
Links
- A.M. Panchenko. Dictionary of the Russian language of the XVIII century . Date of treatment August 30, 2013.
- Vengerov S.A. Golitsyns, writers and scientists // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- A.I. Golitsin on the website of the RSL . Date of treatment August 29, 2013. Archived September 16, 2013.