Protasov , Yakov Yakovlevich , lieutenant-general , was born on November 19, 1713 in the family of Major of the Kiev garrison, Yakov Yudich Protasov, who was subsequently a valid state councilor and advisor to the Krigs-Commissariat office. On May 13, 1732, Protasov was assigned to the Noble Cadet Corps , four years later (in 1736) he was appointed corporal, and in 1737 he received the rank of ensign. At the end of the course of sciences, in December 1739, Protasov, with the rank of second lieutenant, decided on the Voronezh garrison and in June 1740 was promoted to lieutenant; On June 10, 1742, he was promoted to aide-de-camp, on November 28, 1749, he was promoted to prime minister, and on September 11, 1752, to lieutenant colonel. Two years later (February 24, 1754), Protasov was appointed general-wagenmaster, that is, head of the convoy.
In the rank of colonel (he received for Christmas 1755) of the Voronezh Infantry Regiment, Protasov took part in the Seven Years War. On August 19, 1757, he was at the Battle of Gross-Egersdorf, and on August 14, 1758, at Fürstenfeld, where he received a concussion in the back and a wound in his right hand and in general shattered his health during the campaign that in 1759 was forced to file a resignation, having considered that the commander-in-chief of the army, the general-general, Count Fermor, found that due to incurable diseases and weaknesses, Protasov was incapable of carrying out field and garrison service, "he can still serve in civilian affairs," and sent him, awarding retirement rank of general Ayor (April 16, 1759, bypassing the brigadier rank), to the State Military Collegium, which appointed him a member of the Chief Krigs Commissariat, and then - present in the Military Office in Moscow; On April 21, 1773, Protasov was promoted to lieutenant general .
In 1774, Protasov, along with other seven general-lieutenants, was present at the trial of Yemelyan Pugachev ; Among those who signed the maxim about the quartering of Pugachev is his name. Protasov died on October 5, 1779 in Moscow, where he was buried in the Donskoy Monastery.
Literature
The Senate Archive, vol. III, p. 153, and so on. V, p. 19, 95, 229; NF Dubrovin, Pugachev and his accomplices, St. Petersburg. 1884, Vol. III, p. 359; N. P. Glinoetsky, History of the Russian General Staff (1698–1825), St. Petersburg. 1883, t. І, p. 383; Prince A. B. Lobanov-Rostovsky, The Russian Genealogy Book, Vol II, SPb. 1895, pp. 143 and 144; “Russian Archive” 1877, Vol. 2nd, p. 265; “Historical Bulletin” 1885, t. XX, April, p. 22; record in Mosk. Department of the General Staff Archives; N. Schilder, The Story of Emperor Alexander I, Vol. I, p. 44; Guide to the antiquities and monuments of Moscow, M. 1792. Part IV, p. 128; Name list ... cadets. SPb. 1761, p. 59; “S.-Petersburg. Veda. "1756, No. 7; List of the Military Department ... 1776, p. 5.
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