Mikhail Aleksandrovich Ofrosimov (1797-1868) - Russian general, participant in the Crimean War , Moscow military governor general .
| Mikhail Alexandrovich Ofrosimov | |
|---|---|
 General Mikhail Alexandrovich Ofrosimov | |
| Date of Birth | August 6 (17), 1797 |
| Date of death | February 13 (25), 1868 (aged 70) |
| A place of death | St. Petersburg |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire |
| Type of army | infantry |
| Years of service | 1814-1866 |
| Rank | general from infantry |
| Commanded | Life Guards Finnish Regiment , 4th Guard. infantry. brig., 1st guard. infantry. div., 2nd guard. infantry. div., Guard. infantry. Bldg., 2nd infantry. Bldg. 3rd Res. Bldg. |
| Battles / wars | The Russian-Turkish war of 1828-1829 , the Hungarian campaign of 1849 , the Crimean war |
| Awards and prizes | Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. (1826), Order of St. Anne , 2nd art. (1828), Order of St. Stanislav , 2nd art. (1831), Order of St. Stanislav 1st Art. (1834), Order of St. Anne , 1st art. (1836), Order of St. George , 4th art. (1844), Order of the White Eagle (1847), Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1849), Order of St. Vladimir , 1st art. (1863). |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards
- 3 Contribution to the literature
- 4 notes
- 5 Sources
Biography
He was born on August 6, 1797 in the village of Krasnaya Sloboda and came from the nobles of the Tula province .
Educated at Moscow University Noble Guesthouse . After graduating in 1814, he began military service as a lieutenant in the Life Guards Izmailovsky Regiment .
Produced two years later as ensign , he continued to serve in the same regiment for another nine years, and on March 22, 1825 he was promoted to colonel , with the transfer to the Life Guards Jaeger (Gatchinsky) regiment , and the following year was transferred to the Life Guards The Finnish regiment , in the ranks of which he received baptism of fire during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829. and for the distinctions made during the siege and capture of the fortress of Varna , he was awarded the Order of St. September 30, 1828 Anne of the 2nd degree, and on December 6 received diamond signs for this order.
At the end of the Turkish campaign, Ofrosimov continued to serve in the Life Guard of the Finnish Regiment until 1839 , and on June 25, 1833 , promoted to major general , he was appointed commander of the regiment, and then, on April 29, 1839, commander of the 4th Guards Infantry Brigade.
Deposed in the same year from the post of regimental commander, leaving the commander of the 4th Guards Infantry Brigade, Ofrosimov three years later, on October 25, 1842 , was appointed commander of the 1st Infantry Guards Division , and on production on December 6, 1844 to the General lieutenants was approved as head of the same division. Two years later, Ofrosimov, in view of his frustrated health, requested his dismissal from the command of the 1st Guards Infantry Division, and was appointed to be under the Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich , the main head of military schools.
In the next 1847, Ofrosimov was appointed head of the 2nd Guards Infantry Division , with whom he made a trip to the western borders of Russia in 1849 , during the war with Hungary , and for the differences made during this campaign, he was awarded the orders of the White Eagle (December 6, 1847) and St. Alexander Nevsky (December 6, 1849).
Appointed in 1855 as commander of the Guards Infantry Corps, Ofrosimov then received a new assignment - to go to Crimea and take command of the 2nd Infantry Corps, which participated in battles against allies on the Crimean Peninsula. However, he stayed in Crimea only until the end of that year.
On August 26, 1856 , promoted to infantry general, he was approved as commander of the 2nd Army Corps, a year later he was appointed commander of the 6th Army Corps, and two years later he was appointed head of the army infantry reserves and received diamond marks on January 1, 1859 to the order of sv. Alexander Nevsky .
August 30, 1863 was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir of the 1st degree and then was appointed commander of the 3rd reserve corps.
At the beginning of next year, January 28, Ofrosimov was called to the post of Moscow military governor-general and at the same time was appointed a member of the State Council . In Moscow, he served for two years. Dismissed in August 1865 [1] from the post of Moscow Military Governor-General (the reason was the constitutional zeal of some Moscow nobles, which displeased Alexander II ), Ofrosimov moved to Petersburg . April 29, 1866 was awarded the title of General, consisting of the Person of His Majesty [2] , with the remaining rank of member of the Council of State.
M. A. Ofrosimov died in St. Petersburg on February 13, 1868 , at the age of 71, was buried in the Sergiev desert , next to his wife - Eliaveta Andreevna, who died on February 3, 1863 [3] .
Rewards
Among other awards, Ofrosimov received:
- Order of St. Vladimir , 4th class (August 22, 1826)
- Order of St. Stanislav 2nd degree (October 14, 1831)
- Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree (August 30, 1834)
- Order of St. Anne of the 1st degree (December 6, 1836, the imperial crown was granted to this order on December 6, 1840)
- Order of St. George 4th degree (December 17, 1844, for the immaculate length of service for 25 years in officer ranks, No. 7144 according to the list of Grigorovich - Stepanov).
Contribution to Literature
Ofroshimov was no stranger to literature. He wrote poems, some of which were put to music; from 1824 to 1834 he translated from French 5 plays for the theater [4] . Some of these plays, such as The Maltese Cavalier (comedy in the 1st act in verse, remade from Scribe 's play Simple histoire) (1832), Cloak, or husband, like everyone else (1830) ), “Werther, or the error of a sensitive heart”, “Young hot-tempered wife” and “Woman's friendship”, at one time enjoyed considerable success.
The romance "An insidious friend ..." was also popular .
According to one of the researchers ( S.K. Bulich ):
| in the 1840s there was no musician girl who would not sing a romance ... |
Notes
- ↑ Balyazin, 2004 , p. 228.
- ↑ Miloradovich G.A. Ofrosimov Mikhail Alexandrovich // The reign of Emperor Alexander II. Generals, consisting of the Person of His Majesty // List of persons of the retinue of their majesties from the reign of Emperor Peter I to 1886. By seniority of the day of appointment. Adjutant generals, retinues of major generals, outhouses adjutants, consisting of persons, and brigades major. - Kiev: Printing house S.V. Kulzhenko , 1886 .-- S. 165.
- ↑ V. A. Mukhanov noted that Ofrosimov "took a significant estate for his wife, therefore, is independent."
- ↑ Balyazin, 2004 , p. 227.
Sources
- Miloradovich G. A. The list of persons from the majesties from the reign of Emperor Peter I to 1886, St. Petersburg, 1886.
- Russian Biographical Dictionary : In 25 volumes / under the supervision of A. A. Polovtsov. 1896-1918.
- Shilov D.N., Kuzmin Yu.A. Members of the State Council of the Russian Empire. 1801-1906: Biobibliographic reference. SPb., 2007.
- Balyazin V.N. In the service of the Moscow region. - Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo field, 2004 .-- S. 225-228. - 480 p. - 4000 copies. - ISBN 5-86090-110-0 .