Tagaychinov, Mikhail Ivanovich

M.I. Tagaychinov was born in 1790 in the family of Chief Officer Ivan Tagaychinov in the Oryol province . He graduated from the 1st Cadet Corps in 1807 and was sent to the 16th Artillery Brigade ^[1] . In 1809 he was transferred to the 5th artillery brigade, two years later renamed the 14th artillery brigade ^[2] . As part of the 14th artillery brigade, M. I. Tagaychinov took part in many significant episodes of the Patriotic War of 1812 ^{[3] [4]} .

“In the second war with the French, in the campaigns - the First: 1812 from July 18 on the Russian borders, against the French troops, at metro Klyastitsy , 30th at the river Svolne. - The second: on the same year of October 6, 7 and 9 at the city of Polotsk , where on October 7, for the difference in battle, he was all-mercifully awarded the rank of staff captain; the same month on the 19th and November 2 at metro Chashniki and Smolyany Manor, where he was wounded in the right cheek; November 16 at the Berezina River. "

- The State Archive of the Tula Region (GATO). Fund number 187 "Tula arms factory. 1712-1917. ", A record of permanent storage No. 1 for 1712-1913, case No. 9648" Formular list of the service and dignity of the assistant commander of the Tula arms factory for economic affairs, artillery Colonel Tagaychinov. January 1, 1841. "

The rewarding with the rank of captain mentioned in the formulary was an amazing event in the military biography of M. Tagaychinov. Having received the rank of lieutenant on October 5, 1812, Mikhail Tagaychinov passes in it for only two days, since already on November 7, 1812 he will be granted the rank of captain for the difference in the battle of the city of Polotsk.

Also, as part of the 14th artillery brigade, M. I. Tagaychinov participated in foreign campaigns of the Russian army in 1813-1814. : in the battles of Leipzig , Bar-sur-Ob , Troyes , Arste and the capture of Paris , as well as further in actual battles during the campaign of Russian troops in France during 1815.

The further service of M. I. Tagaychinov after the end of the war and campaigns is characterized in his track record as follows:

“On August 16, 1817 he was transferred to equestrian artillery company No. 24, which was renamed March 2, 1818 into the 2nd equestrian artillery company. November 7, 1818 he was appointed commander of the mounted artillery No. 14th company. September 4, 1820 he was appointed brigade commander of horse artillery companies No. 13 and No. 14. On December 21, 1829, both companies were renamed Equestrian Artillery Company No. 16. ”

- The State Archive of the Tula Region (GATO). Fund number 187 "Tula arms factory. 1712-1917. ", A record of permanent storage No. 1 for 1712-1913, case No. 9648" Formular list of the service and dignity of the assistant commander of the Tula arms factory for economic affairs, artillery Colonel Tagaychinov. January 1, 1841. "

The horse artillery companies of the 13th and 14th indicated on the list made up the artillery brigade, whose commander M. I. Tagaychinov was appointed on September 4, 1820 ^[5] . This artillery brigade was part of the 2nd Ulan Division ^[6] . A little later, on November 24, 1822, the highest favor was declared on the proposal of the Chief over the military settlements, the Chief of the Artillery General Count A.A. Arakcheev "for order and device, by the chief of staff of military settlements in the parts entrusted to him found" ^[7] .
In 1831, M. I. Tagaychinov participated in the suppression of the Polish rebellion , in particular, in the seizure of Warsaw by attack .
In 1834, he was appointed assistant commander of the Tula arms factory for economic affairs and head of the 1st division ^[8] . He, as the second person after the plant commander, had to eliminate the consequences of a terrible fire that occurred in the summer of that year and destroyed the plant almost completely ^[9] . And at the same time continue to manufacture weapons for the army. Even a devastating fire could not serve as a basis for stopping the production of weapons. Almost a year after a serious illness in January 1840, the plant commander A.I. Sivers and his death on February 15 led the enterprise until the appointment of Colonel N.I. Lazarevich in October of that year.
In 1841, M. I. Tagaychinov was transferred to the artillery department of the Ministry of War ^[10] , which he held until 1844.
By the highest order of March 5, 1844, M. I. Tagaychinov was dismissed from military service for domestic reasons with the rewarding of the next rank of Major General with a uniform and full pension ^[11] .
In the same year he was again “assigned to the service” and by November 1, 1844 he was assigned to the Ministry of State Property ^[12] . A year later, he was correcting the position of vice inspector in the corps of foresters of the Ministry of State Property ^[13] . In 1848, M. I. Tagaychinov was appointed manager of the Astrakhan Chamber of State Property ^{[14] [1]} and in the Kalmyk administration of the chamber - the main trustee of the Kalmyk people and Chairman of the council ^[15] . He has been in this position for 10 years. By the highest order of August 30, 1858, M. I. Tagaychinov was dismissed with the next rank of lieutenant general , uniform and pension ^{[16] [17]} . Date and place of death M.I. Tagaychinova unknown.

The name of lieutenant of the 14th artillery brigade M. I. Tagaychinov is inscribed on a marble slab in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior as a participant in the Patriotic War of 1812, wounded in battle and awarded the Order of St. George ^[18] . And the marble slab with his name is located on the wall number 24 of the temple ^[19] .

M. I. Tagaychinov was married the first marriage in which five children were born - a daughter and four sons. On February 3 (15), 1839, his wife Anna Karlovna died of consumption at the age of 34 and was buried in the All Saints Cemetery in the city of Tula .
Mikhail Tagaychinov had a brother Alexander Ivanovich Tagaychinov - a participant in the Patriotic War of 1812 and foreign campaigns of the Russian army in 1813-1814. , adjutant to the head of the Tula arms factory, Major General E. E. Staden ^[20] and a little later with him (already under the inspector of the weapons factories, Lieutenant General E. E. Staden) was an officer for special assignments ^[21] in the control of the weapons inspector factories of the artillery department of the Ministry of War, cavalier of the Order of St. George 4th degree, was awarded a gold saber with the inscription "For courage." Mention of Mikhail Tagaychinov’s brother is in the book of the former assistant to the chief of the Tula arms factory from 1829 to 1833, who later became the Simbirsk and Vitebsk governor, I. S. Zhirkevich “Notes of Ivan Stepanovich Zhirkevich. 1789-1848 ” ^[22] :

“In my place was appointed Colonel Mikhail Tagaychinov, my co-pupil in the corps, who served in equestrian artillery, who assumed my position in the month of January. Having learned from his brother about my critical situation, he turned to the capitalists from the gunsmiths, the brothers Lyalin, Korotkov, and to one of the old contractors, convinced them to make a crumble for me. ”

In various statistical publications of that time, for example, Lists of Knights of the Imperial Russian Orders of All Names or Address Calendars and General States of the Russian Empire, contemporaries of M. I. Tagaychinov often made a mistake in writing his name, namely Taigachinov , Tagaychikov , Tagachinov Tagizinov .

He entered the service as second lieutenant on November 15, 1807.

• Lieutenant, October 5, 1812
• Headquarters Captain, October 7, 1812
• Captain, December 10, 1816 ^[23]
• Lieutenant Colonel, April 19, 1820 ^[24]
• Colonel, October 10, 1831
• Major General, 1844 ^[25]
• Lieutenant General, 1858 ^[16]

Over the years of service, M. I. Tagaychinov was awarded the following prizes ^[26] :

• Order of St. Anne , 4th century, August 6, 1812 - for the difference in the battle on the river Svolne.
• The rank of staff captain, October 7, 1812 - for the difference in the battle of Polotsk.
• Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. with a bow, November 2, 1812 - for the difference in the battle at the village of Chashniki and Smolyany.
• Golden sword with the inscription "For courage", October 7, 1813 - for the difference in the battle of Leipzig.
• Order of St. George 4th century, February 15, 1814 - for the difference in the battle of Bar-sur-Ob.
• Order of St. Anne , 2nd century, March 4, 1814 - for the difference in the battle of Arst.
• Diamond sign for the Order of St. Anne of the 2nd art., August 7, 1820 - when viewed by His Imperial Majesty the 2nd Lancers of the city ​​of Chuguev for honors in service under the command of the equestrian artillery brigade and company No. 14.
• The highest favor, 1822
• The rank of colonel, October 10, 1831 - for the difference in the battle during the assault on Warsaw.
• Two thousand acres of land in eternal and hereditary possession, March 21, 1838 - in retribution of excellent, zealous and zealous service.
• Order of St. Vladimir , 3rd century, 1850 - in retribution of excellent, diligent and zealous service.
• Order of St. Stanislav 1st century, 1852
• Medal "In memory of the Patriotic War of 1812" ^[27]
• Medal "For the Capture of Paris" , 1814
• Medal "For the capture of the attack of Warsaw . "
• Polish insignia for military dignity of the 3rd degree, July 21, 1832
• Prussian Order of Merit .

Sources

• Formular list of the service and dignity of the assistant commander of the Tula arms factory, Colonel Tagaychinova. January 1, 1841
• Lists to generals by seniority (1844-1859)
• The highest orders of military ranks (1807-1858)
• M.S. Mostovsky. History of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow . - M., 1884.

• V.A. Abaza. The history of the life guard of horse artillery . - St. Petersburg: Tipolithography R. Golike, 1896.
• V.S. Norov. Notes on the campaigns of 1812 and 1813, from the Battle of Tarutino to the Battle of Kulm. In two parts . - St. Petersburg: Konrad Wingeber Printing House, 1834.
• Sadovskoye rural municipality of the Republic of Kalmykia
• About the main trustee of the Kalmyk people. Page 107-116
• Newspaper "People"