Dmitri Alekseevich Eristov (Eristavi-Aragvi; 1797-1858) - Prince, Russian writer, auditor-general of the Russian Imperial Navy [1] .
| Dmitry Alekseevich Eristov | ||||
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| Date of Birth | 1797 | |||
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| Date of death | October 9, 1858 | |||
| Place of death | Valdai County , Novgorod Province | |||
| Allegiance |  Russian empire | |||
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| Spouse | Sofia Ivanovna Melnitskaya | |||
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The grandson of Otar Eristov , who left for Russia in 1724 with the kings Vakhtang and Bakar from the Bagratid dynasty.
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Biography
After graduating from the Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum ( 1820 ; 2nd edition), Dmitry Eristov served for some time as an official of the Commission for drafting laws, then as a senior assistant in the Second Department of His Own Imperial Majesty's Chancellery (1826–33). Then he was a translator for the office of the Department of the Ministry of Justice; served in the fleet and was the general auditor of the fleet; from April 29, 1838 - actual state councilor , then he was promoted to secret advisers .
In addition to official, was engaged in literary activities. Eristov was an employee of " Encyclopedic Lexicon ", published in 1835 by Plushar , where he created biographies of many Russian historical figures, articles on the history of Little Russia and the Caucasus, the biographies of some saints and others. Since 1852, he participated in the compilation of the first volumes of the military encyclopedic lexicon, published in St. Petersburg by the society of military men and writers, whose founder and editor-in-chief was Ludwig Zeddler . Also posted their own articles of historical content in magazines and newspapers. He signed his works with pseudonyms D.E. KD E; Prince D.E .; Prince D. E .; Prince Dm ... er ... and others. [2] Some works were placed in the " Sea collection ". In 1842, Eristov independently published the Historical Dictionary of the Saints Glorified in the Russian Church, and of some devotees of piety, locally honored (St. Petersburg, 1868), who was awarded the Demidov Prize by the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Had his own estate High (now - in the Bologovsky district ) [3] .
Died October 9, 1858 ; buried in the village of Bologoe ( Valday district ).
Wife - Sofia Ivanovna, nee. Melnitskaya (09/07/1817 - 01.29.1897).
Awards
Among the awards of the Russian Empire, D. A. Eristova had the Order of St. Anne , 1st degree (91849) and the 2nd degree (1830; the imperial crown to the Order - 1833) and the Order of St. Stanislaus , 1st degree (1844).
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Sources
- Eristov, Dmitry Alekseevich // Russian biographical dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. , 1912. - T. 24: Shchapov - Yushnevsky. - p. 278.
- Eristov, Dimitri Alekseevich // Encyclopedic dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extras). - SPb. , 1904. - T. XLI. - p. 28.
- Chereisky L. A. ERISTOV (Eristavi) Dmitry Alekseevich // Pushkin and his circle / Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Separate lit. and lang. Pushkin. commissions Ed. ed. W. E. Watsuro. - 2nd ed., Ext. and pererabat. - L .: Science. Leningrad Department, 1989. - p. 513-514.
- Prince Eristov. Dmitry Alekseevich. // List of civilian ranks of the [maritime department] of the first eight grades by seniority: [Corrected on February 22, 1850]. - p. 10.