Count (from 1744) Alexander Ivanovich Rumyantsev (1680-1749) - Russian diplomat and commander, General-in-Chief (1737), ruler of Little Russia in 1738-1740, Astrakhan and Kazan governor in 1735-1736.
Alexander Ivanovich Rumyantsev | |||||||
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Predecessor | Alexey Andreevich Veshnyakov | ||||||
Successor | Alexey Andreevich Veshnyakov | ||||||
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Predecessor | Platon Ivanovich Musin-Pushkin | ||||||
Successor | Sergey Dmitrievich Golitsyn | ||||||
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Predecessor | Ivan Petrovich Izmailov | ||||||
Successor | Egor Ivanovich Pashkov | ||||||
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Predecessor | Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov | ||||||
Successor | Vasily Yakovlevich Levashov | ||||||
Birth | 1680 | ||||||
Death | March 15, 1749 | ||||||
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Rod | Rumyantsev | ||||||
Father | Ivan Ivanovich Rumyantsev | ||||||
Spouse | Maria Andreevna Matveeva | ||||||
Children | Catherine, Peter , Praskovia , Daria | ||||||
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Affiliation | Russian empire | ||||||
Type of army | infantry | ||||||
Rank | General-in-Chief | ||||||
Commanded | Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment Bashkir Affairs Commission | ||||||
Battles | North War Russian-Turkish war (1710-1713) Persian campaign (1722-1723) Bashkir uprisings (1735-1740) Russian-Turkish war (1735–1739) |
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Biography
The offspring of the ancient family of the Rumyantsevs , son of the steward of Ivan Ivanovich Rumyantsev (died 1711).
He participated in the Northern War of 1700-1721. In 1700, he was adjutant to the police officer P. M. Apraksin . In October 1700, he participated in the battle of Narva .
Since 1703 - in the Transfiguration Regiment . In its composition participated in the capture of Narva , Mitavy , in the siege of Vyborg , in the battle of Forest . In February 1708 he was promoted to ensign .
In June 1709 he distinguished himself in the Battle of Poltava .
In 1711 he participated in the Prut campaign .
In May 1712 he was sent to the Russian ambassador in Copenhagen , promoted to lieutenant .
From 1712 he was an adjutant of Peter I, executed his instructions:
- in 1714, with the rank of lieutenant captain, he recruited 500 sailors for a ship under construction in Arkhangelsk ;
- in 1715, he captured the small Finnish town of Kayansberg;
- in 1716, accompanied Peter I on a trip abroad;
From the end of 1716 he followed the movements of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich from Austria to Naples . In July 1717 he was sent along with P. A. Tolstoy with orders to return the prince and bring him to Petersburg . A common version of Rumyantsev ascribes involvement in the death of the prince ( 1718 ); however, the document representing Rumyantsev’s letter to a certain Titov or Tatishchev describing the murder is a fake. For the successful fulfillment of this important assignment Rumyantsev in December 1718 was promoted to the majors' guard and adjutant general , granted to the villages confiscated from the supporters of the prince.
In 1720 he was sent to the Swedish king Frederick I with congratulations on the occasion of his accession to the throne.
In August 1721 he was promoted to brigadier . In 1722, at the head of the battalion of the Preobrazhensky regiment, accompanied Peter I in the Persian campaign , in 1724 promoted to major general .
Peter I also sent him to Little Russia in the Polubotka case to find out the mood of the people.
In 1724 he was sent as ambassador to Constantinople, then commanded all Russian troops in the Caspian lands. January 6, 1726 awarded the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky . In June 1727 promoted to lieutenant general . Upon returning to Moscow in November 1730, he was appointed lieutenant colonel of the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment.
In 1732, he refused to take the post of chief commander of state revenues (president of the Chamber Chamber ). For this reason, and also for not disposing of the Germans and a protest against luxury at the court, he was deprived of orders, orders and exiled to the Kazan village. In 1735, he was reinstated in the rank of lieutenant general and appointed Astrakhan , and then Kazan governor, and was appointed commander of the troops sent to suppress the Bashkir uprising . In 1735-1736 he was the head of the Bashkir Affairs Commission [2] .
From 1736 he served in the army under the command of B. K. Minikh , took part in the capture of Ochakov , being a division commander. In 1737 he was promoted to the general general .
In 1738 he was appointed ruler of Little Russia , soon transferred to the army in the field.
In 1740 he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Constantinople . In 1741, he concluded an agreement in addition to the Belgrade Peace . In 1741 he was awarded the Order of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First Called .
In May 1742, he participated in the coronation of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna in Moscow; received from her a snuffbox decorated with diamonds, 35 thousand rubles. and was promoted to colonel of the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment. From August 1742 - authorized from Russia to conduct peace negotiations with Sweden, in August 1743 he signed the Abossky Treaty with Sweden, for which in 1744 he was elevated to the count's dignity.
Under Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, the enemies of A.P. Bestuzhev predicted Rumyantsev as chancellor at one time, but Elizabeth rejected this appointment.
Family
His wife (since 1720) is Maria Andreevna (1699–1788), heiress of the large estate of his father, Count Andrei Artamonovich Matveyev . Married children were born:
- Catherine (1721-1786) - married to Lieutenant-General N. M. Leontyev ;
- Peter (1725-1796) - Field Marshal General;
- Praskovya (1729–1786) - State Lady, married to General-Consulate Ya. A. Bruce ;
- Daria (1730–1817) —married (in 1755–1758) to Count F. I. Waldstein , then to Prince Yu. N. Trubetskoy ; from second marriage daughter Praskovya
Notes
- ↑ Tatar Encyclopedia - 2002.
- В. Muratova V. N. The Bashkir Affairs Commission // Bashkir Encyclopedia / gl.red. M.A. Ilgamov. - Ufa: Bashkir Encyclopedia State Medical Academy, 2015—2019. - ISBN 978-5-88185-306-8 .
Links
- Vasilenko N. P. Rumyantsev, Alexander Ivanovich // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extras). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Maykov P. Rumyantsov, Alexander Ivanovich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- Alexander Ivanovich Rumyantsev (January 1, 1677 - March 4, 1749) . Diplomats of the Russian Empire (February 4, 2010). The appeal date is May 8, 2012. Archived May 27, 2012.