Wadbolsky, Alexander Petrovich

Origin

Belonged to the ancient family of the princes of Wadbolsky , the descendants of the founder of which - Prince Ivan Andreevich Wadbolsky “ ^[2] - from the 15th century served“ in boyars and other noble ranks, were granted by the Sovereigns estates and other signs of royal mercies ” ^[3] . The author of works on the history of the class of servile landowners, academician S. B. Veselovsky, referred to the private genealogy of the late 17th century steward, Prince A. I. Wadbolsky, as a reliable source of detailed information about the life and ministry of many historical persons ^[4] . At the beginning of the XIX century, eleven descendants of the two princely branches of Wadbolsky, faithful to the family patriotic tradition, participated in the Patriotic War of 1812 ^{[5] [6]} .

Born in the family of the landowner, Prince Peter Andreevich Wadbolsky , the owner of 700 male peasants in the Moscow province ^[7] . He also owned a small estate in the village of Kozlikh of the Petryaevsky volost of the Velsky district of the Vologda province ^[8] in areas where estates and estates belonged to once by eminent ancestors. As a detective, Prince P. A. Wadbolsky, as part of the 4th Regiment of the Vladimir Militia, participated in the defense of the road from Moscow to Vladimir from the French troops. For his zeal, he was promoted to ensign ^[9] . Mother - Elizaveta Ivanovna . The family had 3 children - Alexander (1806), Nikolai (1809) and Sophia (1810s).

Life Guard Service

Belonging to the ancient princely family allowed A.P. Wadbolsky to become ensign (May 23, 1822) in the privileged Izmailovsky regiment . On the formulary list, his knowledge of not only general subjects, but also of fortification and artillery, as well as his knowledge of French and German, were noted.

On November 26 of the same year he was transferred to the warrant officer, and on December 6, 1823 - to the ensign. The rank of second lieutenant received July 18, 1825. He commanded a platoon. Of noble origin and service in the elite division of the Life Guard , the chief of which was Grand Duke Nikolai Pavlovich, opened to him not only the prospect of a military career, but also the doors of the capital's secular salons. In his memoirs, his contemporary A.O. Smirnova-Rosset wrote that Wadbolsky was “ stately, dark-skinned and rather handsome and danced well ” and wondered why a man belonging to such an ancient princely family was “ involved in the history of the 14th “ ^[10] .

In the events of December 14, 1825

On the eve of the events of December 14, 1825, A.P. Vadbolsky was among six officers of the Izmaylovsky regiment, who had sworn allegiance to the new emperor Konstantin Pavlovich and decided to refuse to swear the oath to Nicholas I. According to the plans of the leaders of the uprising, the Izmailovites along with guardsmen of the naval crew and horse -pioneer squadron led by A. I. Yakubovich should have been involved in the seizure of the Winter Palace and the arrest of the royal family ” ^[11] . Wadbolsky and other officers of the regiment, who urged the soldiers gathered early for the oath not to cheat on Konstantin and be ready to go to the aid of the rebels with live ammunition, were called to instruct the regiment commander, Colonel L. A. Simansky. Left without the initiative support of the leaders of the uprising headquarters and not waiting for Yakubovich, the Izmailovsky regiment, despite the determination, according to Vadbolsky, of some of his officers “to die, defending the right of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich ” ^[12] , took a new oath, although it remained unreliable.

Nikolay also knew about the situation in the regiment, to whom “the Izmailovsky regiment was in a mess and indecision with the oath ” ^[13] . Adjutant General V.V. Levashov received the highest order " to go to the regiment and, if there was any opportunity, move him, even against me, but certainly bring him out of the barracks " ^[14] . An eyewitness to the events, Preobrazhensky regiment officer P. S. Demenkov wrote that at the same time Nikolai handed over to the commander of the guard division, Major General P. P. Martynov , that “ if he is confident in his Izmailovites, let him hurry with them here; otherwise it may remain at home: I will manage without it ” ^[15] . The returning Levashov reported that the obeying Izmailovsky regiment was waiting for the emperor at the Blue Bridge across the Moika River . Nikolai appeared in front of the formation in the Izmailovsky uniform and “ ordered everyone to load their guns and sent them to the square, ordering them to be put in reserve, with their backs to Lobanov’s house ” ^{[14] [~ 1]} .

The possible presence of Wadbolsky in the midst of events on Senate Square near the square of the rebels was indicated by the memoirs of his fellow soldier, adjutant of the Governor-General of Petersburg M.A. after the mortal wound of that by P. G. Kakhovsky ^{[16] [~ 2]} .

After the dispersal of the insurgents by firing shotguns, two battalions of the Izmaylovsky regiment were left near the scene to stop attempts to resume rebellious actions ^[17] . The company in which Wadbolsky served participated in the search for the participants in the rebellion who had fled from the square. At the direction of Major General P.P. Martynov, he and his co-operative lieutenant M.P. Malyutin arrested the lieutenant of the grenadier regiment A.A. Shtorkh and 40 soldiers hiding from the shelling in the basement of the Senate ^[18] .

In a published two weeks later, on December 29, 1825, the Detailed Description of the Accident in St. Petersburg on December 14, 1825, it was reported that, in addition to the “ main instigators of the rebellion, ” officers were arrested who were “ in great doubt, ” among whom and second lieutenant of the Izmailovsky regiment, Prince A.P. Wadbolsky.

Arrest and Investigation

A.P. Wadbolsky was arrested at the regiment's location on December 15, 1825. After the first interrogation, V.V. Levashov was sent to the guardhouse of the Peter and Paul Fortress on December 17.

AE Rosen, who was brought there in early January, found himself in the commandant’s house among the Izmailovsky officers and Prince Wadbolsky. At the highest command, it was ordered from January 5, 1826 to keep them under arrest in the Kronverksky curtain - Wadbolsky in No. 9, and Rosen - in No. 13 ^[19] . Called on January 7, 1826 for questioning by the investigative committee , to reveal the degree of participation in secret societies, Wadbolsky was given written question points. In his replies, he claimed that “ he knew nothing about the malicious conspiracy, did not belong to a secret society ” and only on the morning of December 14, when he learned of the new oath appointed, he trusted his fellow soldiers Lieutenant N. P. Kozhevnikov and company commander Captain I. I. Bogdanovich , that the news of Konstantin Pavlovich’s refusal is in fact a fabrication of “the highest authorities ” and “ anyone who violates the first oath will be a traitor ” ^[20] .

On February 7, 1826, the chairman of the investigative committee, A. I. Tatishchev, asked the chief of the General Staff for information [[about the behavior of the officers of the Life Guards of the Izmaylovsky regiment, " who participated in the indignation of December 14, 1825, " including Prince Vadbolsky ^[21] .

On March 28, 1826, the committee, having examined the certificates and records of Vadbolsky’s interrogations, “ found them sufficient and not requiring replenishment ”. Wadbolsky was among those involved in the main investigative process whose cases were not referred to the Supreme Criminal Court and were punished in an administrative (non-judicial) order, since his membership in the Northern Society was not proved ^{[22] [~ 3]} . The outcome of the case could be influenced by the “ denial of the accused by the information about the degree of involvement in the secret society ” ^[23] .

At a meeting on June 17, 1826, the decision was announced on a note by the Commission for Investigations on Malicious Societies about persons belonging to these societies, but not betrayed to the Supreme Criminal Court: “... 9) the Izmailovsky Life Guards Regiment, Second Lieutenant Prince Wadbolsky, was commanded: holding it still a month in the fortress, write in the same rank to the regiments of the 2nd Army ” ^[24] . The name of Wadbolsky was mentioned at that meeting once again in the decision on the note on Lieutenant Malyutin: “... after holding another month in the fortress, write in the same rank to the regiments of the 2nd Army (but not the same with Wadbolsky ”.

In his Alphabet, the secretary of the Investigative Committee, A. D. Borovkov, wrote that Vadbolsky “was not a member of a secret society ... By the highest order, he was transferred to the Vyatka Infantry Regiment on July 7, ” instructing his superiors “ to report behavior every month ” ^{[~ 4]} . In accordance with the ranking system in force in the Russian Empire, the transfer from the life guard to the army regiment actually meant a decrease of two ranks.

In military and civil service

After the events of December 1825, the Vyatka Infantry Regiment, which was commanded by Colonel P.I. Pestel from November 5, 1821 until the arrest on December 13, 1825, came under the scrutiny of senior military officials and the supervision of the 2nd Army Military Police. Lieutenant Colonel E. I. Tolpygo, appointed instead of Pestel, tried to eradicate even the memory of the former commander convicted of “ criminal intentions ”. Some officers were transferred to other regiments. The situation among the Vyatka people was tense ^[25] . In this situation, the relations of the Wadbolsky who arrived at the regiment with the authorities and colleagues did not work out. On April 22, 1827, for “ repenting of the previous crime ” and for challenging a new fellow soldier, he was put on trial in a military court.

At the highest command, he was transferred to the army and was assigned to the 34 Jaeger Regiment. As part of the Danube army, P. X. Wittgenstein participated in the Russian-Turkish war of 1828-1829.

The reason for the next turn in the fate of Wadbolsky was a difficult relationship with his mother. According to the complaint of Princess Elizabeth Ivanovna on insults from her son, he was ranked September 15, 1831 in the 27 Jaeger reserve regiment and put on trial in Moscow. After the arrest, he was transferred to the Tiflis Infantry Regiment .

April 19, 1833 was dismissed from military service due to illness. The newspaper “ Yaroslavl Provincial Gazette ” (1833, No. 33) reported that in August, retired lieutenant Prince Alexander Petrovich Vadbolsky stopped in Yaroslavl from Moscow to Lyubim . In the Lyubimsky district of the Yaroslavl province, the princes of Wadbolsky have long had “eyeless” estates ^{[26] [~ 5]} . Yaroslavl newspapers noted Vadbolsky’s frequent visits to Lyubim, which were related to the difficult financial situation of the family, litigation with creditors and sale of property debts in the village of Zarechny and the villages of Panino and Andreevskaya ^[27] .

December 24, 1837, as a retired officer, he was appointed to the post of bailiff of Lyubim district. Dismissed on January 7, 1842 and accepted into the service by an official on special instructions to the economic department of the Ministry of the Interior. Since 1850 - college secretary .

The first wife is Elizaveta Alekseevna . On July 21, 1852, he married his second marriage to Nadezhda Ilyinichna Paltova , the daughter of a Kaluga nobleman of the court yard adviser Ilya Nikolayevich Paltov.

Children in their first marriage - Elizabeth (05/06/1835 -?), Catherine (03/18/1836 -?), Peter (06/06/1840-24.10.1873), Alexander (07/14/1843 -?), Maria (11/14/1846 -? ), Vladimir (12/26/1847 -?). In the second marriage, a daughter, Sofia, was born (04/18/1853-29.01.1869).

He died on March 30, 1863 at the age of 57 in St. Petersburg, was buried in the Smolensk cemetery .