Gamaleya, Nikolai Mikhailovich

Nikolay Gamaleya was born on April 27, 1795, from noblemen ; the son of the head physician Mikhail Leontyevich Gamaley and his wife Nadezhda Fedorovna; elder brother of the Mogilev governor Mikhail Gamaley ^{[1] [2]} .

At the end of the course of sciences at Moscow University in 1810, Gamaleya joined the department of destinies on March 4 of the same year. While serving here, on April 8 he received the rank of college registrar, and on November 17 of the same year he was appointed to the office of the committee, the highest institution for Livonia affairs. Having received the ranks of the provincial and college secretaries on October 21, 1811 and April 12, 1812, Gamaleya left the civil service and, upon a call from the military authorities, entered the St. Petersburg militia , created to defend Russia from the Napoleonic troops in the Patriotic War of 1812 , with renaming as second lieutenants ^{[3 ]} .

As part of the St. Petersburg militia, Gamalei, after the expulsion of Napoleon from Russia, took part in the foreign campaign of the Russian army . He fought in Poland , Prussia , Saxony , Austria , Bavaria , Württemberg , Baden , Switzerland and France . He took a direct part in the Second Battle of Polotsk , where for the difference in which he was awarded the Order of St. Anne of the 4th degree. Then Gamaleya fought in the battle of Chashniki , the battles of Smolyany and the battle of the Berezina River . In the last battle, he was wounded in the leg by a bullet right through and for the difference was promoted to lieutenant . The last time he took part in hostilities during the siege of Modlin Fortress ^[3] .

Upon returning to his homeland, Nikolai Mikhailovich Gamaleya was transferred on October 10, 1814 to the Pavlovsky Life Guards Regiment, and on April 17, 1816 he was appointed adjutant to the Riga Military Governor, Adjutant General Marquis Philippe Osipovich Paulucci . He stayed in this position for about seven years, receiving the rank of captain on December 5, 1816, the rank of captain on January 28, 1819, the Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree on September 17, 1819, and the Order of St. Anne 2 on July 25, 1822. st degree. Produced on April 23, 1823 as a lieutenant colonel and on March 29, 1825 as a colonel of the Russian imperial army with the appointment of being on special assignments in the Pavlovsky regiment, Gamaleya received the Order of St. Anne of the 2nd degree with diamond jewelry on June 30, 1825, 29 October 1827 - the Order of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree and October 30 of the same year - The highest favor , and April 24, 1830 was dismissed from service to state affairs with the rank of a real state adviser ^[3] .

Upon transition to the state service, Gamaleya was appointed civil governor in Vitebsk (April 26, 1830), but he stayed in this position for less than a year, and on March 16, 1831 he was released from her and ranked with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire . For a short time in this ministry, he was sent to the Ministry of Finance to investigate the abuse of the Bessarabian drinking market (where he was on October 18, 1832), and then, by the Highest Decree on October 8, 1832, he was appointed civil governor in Tambov . He stayed in this position for about five years, and on December 6, 1833 he was awarded the Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree ^{[3] [4]} for his services.

On November 15, 1834, the CMU was granted, unlike others, each year 1,500 rubles in silver (instead of a traditional lease for 12 years) and three times “ His Majesty's pleasure ” was announced for the successful collection of taxes, setting this as an example to others for all provinces ^[3] .

On December 27, 1837, Gamaleya received a new appointment - the position of Director of the 1st Department of the Ministry of State Property of the Russian Empire , and on April 3 of the following year he was awarded the Order of St. Anna of the 1st degree for excellent useful service and work when he was the Tambov Governor. As director of the department, in commemoration of his special merits and zeal for the service, he received the rank of Privy Councilor on April 8, 1840, repeatedly and for a long time managed the ministry during the absence of the Minister, and on September 23, 1840 received the Order of St. Anne of the 1st degree, decorated The imperial crown ^[3] .

On November 18, 1840, he was mercifully ordered to be a comrade of the Minister of State Property and to manage the 1st department of the ministry until the appointment of the director, and on December 3 he was ordered to be present in the Government Senate, in his general meeting, 4th, 5th and boundary departments , the general meeting of the first three departments and the interim general meeting. In addition to his direct duties, from June 30 to October 12, 1841, he managed the ministry, took part (from April 2, 1841) in the presence, specially established under the 1st Department of the Governing Senate, for the consideration of draft pay-off conditions for wine for a four-year period from 1843 to 1847, headed the affairs of the management of the corps of foresters and the introduction of general agricultural and technical measures (from June 23, 1841) and chaired the commission established to review the provision on the Ministry of State Property askladke taxes on lands discuss measures her administration ^[3] .

On February 2, 1842, Gamaleya was appointed to attend the committee on the equation of zemstvo duties, on March 8 he was ordered to be a member of the Guardian Society for Prisons, and on June 13 of the same year to be present at the Government Senate during the bidding for drinking from 1843 to 1847. During his further service as a comrade of the Minister of State Property, he continued to repeatedly replace the Minister during his absence ^[3] .

On December 28, 1842, N. M. Gamaleya was awarded “ in retribution of excellent diligent service and tireless work ” the Order of St. Vladimir of the 2nd degree and on December 31 of that year received the Highest Command to be in the central committee to draw up the rules for amicable special land surveying ^{[3 ]} .

Since June 20, 1843, Gamaleya also took part in a special committee to consider cases of unfavorable rumors that were widespread about the incumbent Oryol civil governor of the village of. from. N.V. Vasilchikova during the administration of his province; a report on this subject, compiled by the committee, was submitted to the Emperor, and on the basis of his case received permission ^[3] .

On April 9, 1845, for his diligent service and tireless labors, the Highest Order of the White Eagle was granted to him and on April 1, 1846 he received an increase of four thousand rubles for maintenance ^[3] .

From April 25 to November 1, 1845, and from August 6 to October 20, 1846, Gamaleya again ran the Ministry of State Property, and was present in the Senate in 1846 during the bidding process for returning the excise articles from 1847 to 1851 for drinking taxes, from On December 11, 1846, he took part in a committee established from among the comrades of ministers to revise the charter on the civil service, from July 15, 1847 on a committee of the same persons to take measures against cholera . As a reward for his service, he received on April 7, 1847, at the Highest Rescript, a golden snuffbox with a portrait of His Majesty and diamonds ^[3] .

After the abolition of the 1842 committee on the equation of zemstvo duties, Gamaleya from January 19, 1848 participated in the classes of the committee on the organization of zemstvo duties under the leadership of the chairman of the State Council (the chairman of the committee was Adjutant General Vasily Alekseevich Perovsky ), from May 2, 1848 was a member of ministries in a special presence in the Senate to conduct tenders for drinking sales in 16 privileged provinces and from April 25, 1849 was present in the 1st department of the Senate in the course of tendering for I recoil into the six-year maintenance of fishing waters in the Caspian Sea ^[3] .

March 21, 1849 " for a constantly-diligent, active and useful service " he was declared goodwill in the Highest Rescript, and on April 17, 1850 he was granted the Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky ^[3] .

From May 31 to October 1, 1849, and from May 20 to November 1, 1850, he again ran the ministry. Having received April 19, 1853, " for excellent diligent service and in expressing special Monarchous goodwill for vigilant and useful work, " diamond signs of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky and August 22, 1854 - the Mariinsky Badge of Honor of the Immaculate Service for 40 years, Gamaleya August 25, 1856 He was dismissed from his post as Minister of State Property Assistant, leaving him with the rank of senator, and on August 26 of the same year he was promoted to full-time secret adviser; four days after this, he was ordered to be present in the Border Department of the Senate, where he served until his death ^[3] .

Nikolai Mikhailovich Gamaleya died on October 15, 1859 and was buried at the Volkov Cemetery in St. Petersburg ^[3] .

He owned 158 souls in the Efrem district (1858) ^[3] .

Nikolai Mikhailovich Gamaleya was married twice: for the first time (since 1827), the daughter of Major General and Riga Commandant Natalia Ivanovna (Natalia Henrietta) von Emme (born April 12, 1809 † March 10, 1852); for the second time (since 1857) at the daughter of the city secretary, Elisaveta Egorovna Kittel (d. September 3, 1910 in St. Petersburg) ^[3] .

• Modzalevsky V. L. , “Little Russian Genealogy”, volume I, Kiev , 1908, pp. 266-267, and vol. II, Kiev, 1910, p. 675;
• Petersburg Necropolis, I, 53;
• A track record, 1858.