Nikolai Alekseevich [1] Ivashintsov [2] (less often Ivashintsev ; 1819-1871) - Russian rear admiral, hydrograph, participant in Turkestan campaigns .
| Nikolai Alekseevich Ivashintsov | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | May 19 (1) May 1819 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | January 13 (25), 1871 (51 years old) |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire |
| Type of army |  Russian imperial fleet |
| Rank |  rear admiral |
| Commanded | steamer "Brave" |
| Battles / Wars | Turkestan campaigns |
| Awards and prizes | Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. (1853), Order of St. Anne , 2nd art. (1855), Order of St. Vladimir , 3rd art. (1862) |
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Biography
Nikolai Ivashintsov was born on April 19, 1819 in the city of St. Petersburg, came from noblemen of the Buysky district of the Kostroma province . The son of Lieutenant Alexei Gerasimovich Ivashintsov and Anna Dorofeevna, nee Zhadovskaya .
He was educated in the Naval Cadet Corps and in the officer class, on January 30, 1836 he was left at the corps as a teacher of marine and mathematical sciences, in 1837 he was promoted to midshipman [3] .
In 1846-1847 he was the commander of the ship “Courageous”. Ivashintsov, seconded in 1848 to the Hydrographic Department of the Maritime Ministry under the direction of the famous hydrograph Reinecke , participated in the survey of the Baltic Sea annually until 1853 and edited the Sea Months, which was then published by the Hydrographic Department.
On March 22, 1853, with the rank of captain-lieutenant, he was sent to the disposal of the Orenburg Governor-General V. A. Perovsky , participated in the assault on the Kokand fortress Ak-Mosque and received the Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree with a bow, in 1855 he was awarded the Order of St. Anne of the 2nd degree with the imperial crown. Since 1856, he began exploration of the Caspian Sea , as the head of an expedition that lasted 15 years, made astronomical and magnetic observations at many points of the sea, investigated the topography of the bottom, and mapped the coastline. On September 13, 1857 he was promoted to captain of the 2nd rank, on April 17, 1860 he received the rank of captain of the 1st rank, on April 23, 1862 he was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree with swords.
From August 8 to August 28, 1866 he participated in sailing along the Volga River with Sovereign Heir Tsesarevich and Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich (future Alexander III ) and Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich from St. Petersburg , through Tver along the Volga: from Tver to Kazan and the mouth of the Kama and back through Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
In 1866, Ivashintsov was elected a corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences [4] . In 1867 he was appointed a member of the training department of the Marine Technical Committee. In 1869 he was promoted to rear admiral. He was a member of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society and in 1864 he was awarded the Constantine Prize from him for his work.
He was married to Teresa (-Renate) Egorovna Hessen (November 10, 1839, St. Petersburg - February 19, 1879, Sevastopol), daughter of Fleet Lieutenant General Yegor Fedorovich Hessen and Elizaveta Romanovna (Reingoldovna) von Shelting.
Nikolai Alekseevich Ivashintsov died of fever exacerbation, January 13 ( 25 ), 1871 , in his hometown and was buried in the Smolensky Orthodox cemetery .
Rewards
- Order of St. Anne 3 tbsp. (04/20/1850)
- Order of St. Anne, 2nd art. (04/15/1853)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4 tbsp. with a bow (10.28.1853; "for the distinction made during an expedition against the Kokandans on the Syr Darya river"),
- Order of St. Anne 2 tbsp. with the Imperial crown (08/26/1855)
- Order of St. Vladimir 3 tbsp. with swords over the order (04/23/1862)
- Persian Order of Leo and the Sun 2 tbsp. with a star (04/11/1866 (the permission of the Emperor to accept the order came on 10/10/1866))
- Order of St. Stanislav 1 tbsp. (01/01/1871)
- a bronze medal on the St. Andrew's ribbon in memory of the war of 1853-1856. (08/16/1856)
- insignia of the immaculate service for XV years (08/28/1854)
- gift by order with a monogram image of the name of His Imperial Majesty (04/19/1864)
In 1864 he was awarded a prize and a gold medal named after the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich from the Imperial Russian Geographical Society .
On April 11, 1866 he was awarded the Highest Benevolence "for the performance of hydrographic work in 1865."
Selected Papers
- Review of Russian travel around the world. - SPb. , 1850.
- Essay on the theory of hurricanes. - SPb. , 1850.
- Determining the distance to objects at sea and on shore. - SPb. , 1856.
- Expedition equipment for shooting and measuring the Caspian Sea. - SPb. , 1856.
- The Terek River from the Silk Plant to the mouth. - SPb. , 1865.
- Hydrographic studies of the Caspian Sea. - TT. 1 - 2. - St. Petersburg. , 1866-1870.
- Russian travel around the world from 1803 to 1849 - St. Petersburg. , 1872.
Notes
- ↑ In the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron, his middle name is erroneously indicated as “Alexandrovich”.
- ↑ The spelling of the Ivashintsov surname is the most correct and is confirmed by many closed and open print sources, as shown in the study of S. A. Mankov, “The Genealogy of the Ivashintsovs Noble Family” ( ISBN 978-5-905618-01-7 ).
- ↑ Ivashintsev, Nikolai Alekseevich // Military Encyclopedia : [in 18 vol.] / Ed. V.F. Novitsky [et al.]. - SPb. ; [ M. ]: Type. t-islands I. D. Sytin , 1911-1915.
- ↑ Profile of Nikolai Alekseevich Ivashintsov on the official website of the RAS
Literature
- Ivashintsov, Nikolai Alekseevich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- Ivashintsev // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Petersburg Necropolis / Comp. V.I. Saitov. —— T. 2. — SPb. , 1912.
- List of persons The main naval headquarters composing for 1866. - SPb. , 1866.
- Mankov S. A. Pedigree of the noble Ivashintsovs. - SPb. , 2011.