Sokrat Nikolaevich Dirin (1849 - January 22, 1924 [1] ) - statesman of the Russian Empire, Estland and Novgorod vice-governor.
It came from an ancient noble family of Dirins ; Born in the family of Cornet Nikolai Ivanovich [2] and Ekaterina Ivanovna Dirin [3] , who owned estates in the Starorussky , Krestetsky and Demyansky districts of the Novgorod province [4] .
He entered the service on January 20, 1873; in 1876 he received the title of junker chamber [5] .
He participated in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878 .
From June 8, 1892 to April 13, 1903 he was vice-governor of the Estland province , then, until 1914 - vice-governor of the Novgorod province
Having retired, he went to Staraya Russa , where he had a mansion. He was buried in the cemetery in Zaselye , where the Dirins' estate used to be. [6]
His wife, Ekaterina Ignatyevna (illegitimate daughter of the Polish landowner Emilia Wundowicz), gave birth to him a son, who was named Diodorus, as well as four daughters who had no less original names: Tekusya, Iriada, Vevey [1] .
Among the awards of S. N. Dirin [5] :
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th Art.
- Order of St. Anne , 2nd Art. (1893)
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd Art. (1902)
- Order of St. Stanislav 1st Art. (1905)
- Romanian Iron Cross (1879)
- Order of the Cross of 5th Art. (1882)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Slivkin A. Poem about love
- ↑ His father, second major Ivan Fedorovich died in 1801.
- ↑ They had children: Olga, George (Egor), Paul and Socrates.
- ↑ Ozerovskoye-Geneva, Ivashevo and Romanovo - in Starorussky, Sergeyev heath - in Krestetsky, Zaselye and Petrovsky - in Demyansky districts.
- ↑ 1 2 Dirin Sokrat Nikolaevich // List of civil ranks of the IV class. Corrected on March 1, 1911. - S. 363.
- ↑ Unconsciousness is a grave sin // "Novgorod Vedomosti". - June 8, 2002. - No. 79.
Literature
- Makeeva N. N. Under the canopy of centuries-old oaks // "Vanguard". - September 3, 2010 .-- S. 5.
Links
- Makeeva N. N. Sokrat Dirin on the website of the library of Demyansk