Glazov, Mikhail Faddeevich

Came from the old Glazov family; his grandfather - Pyotr Ivanovich Glazov - was granted the estate in Belevsky district in 1662 for a hundred- year service ^[1] , his offspring were recognized by the Herald in the ancient nobility. ^{[2] [3]}

Speaking at almost every meeting of the Commission, Mikhail Faddeevich actively raised the following questions ^[4]

• Nobility laws
• Privileges of Livonia , Estland and Vyborg Provinces
• Rules for the preparation of spiritual wills
• Position of the general reetmeister
• Escapes of peasants and investigation of runaways
• The procedure for determining the class for ruined merchants (to leave the merchants, or "write to the peasants")
• Education for peasant children
• The right of the nobles to open distilleries

One of the first speeches of Mikhail Faddeevich in the Commission on August 31, 1767 was marked by a scandal that almost led to his expulsion from the assembly. Glazov sharply criticized the deputies from the Yelets and Kargopol counties and even offered to burn the Kargopol command. “Laughter, temptation and indignation” followed in the hall, as a result of which the presiding Marshal Alexander Ilyich Bibikov was forced to interrupt the reading on page 9, “if a proper piety could be completely violated in the meeting.” There was a proposal to exclude Glazov from the meeting, but the proposal did not receive support. For Glazov, in particular, his influential associates on the issue of noble rights stood up: Senator Count Yakov Alexandrovich Bruce , Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Shcherbatov , Prince Mikhail Ivanovich Obolensky , Semyon Vasilyevich Naryshkin and several other deputies. Glazov was ordered to apologize to the meeting and pay a fine of 5 rubles, after which the conflict was settled. ^{[5] [6]}

On August 9, 1767 he was elected to the number of candidates for members of the higher Directional Commission, but was not approved by Catherine II. On September 16, 1768, Glazov handed over his title to his son Pavel for a while, but soon the Commission ceased its activities. From 1779 he was Oboyansk district leader of the nobility and on February 23, 1784 he was awarded the rank of college assessor . ^[7]

Along with Prince M.M. Shcherbatov, Mikhail Glazov was one of the most ardent fighters for noble estate privileges and poisonously denounced the practice of "attributing" the nobility to himself, which had no right:

"Many, being in military service, in the guard, in the navy, in artillery and in the field regiments, made themselves known that they came from nobles, and showed villages that they never had, because they knew that in military service There were no true inquiries about this, according to such unfair testimonies, they were issued in the ranks. Those in state service did the same, moreover, many added themselves to other noble families, delivering information about themselves according to the intrigues from the Razryadny order. could be tidied up l one surname to another; then, after finding someone from that noble surname, the very last person, mot and guardian of the honor of his rank, they persuaded him to sign that certificate <...> through this many got their ranks and bought villages. "

At the same time, Glazov joined the opinion of Prince MM Shcherbatov, who was outraged by the idea expressed by the deputy of the Dnieper Pikiner Regiment Kozelsky that the ancient noble families were descended from low births and, by their arrogance, did not want to allow worthy people into their class. ^[8]

Possessed an original look at peasant education. At the suggestion to establish schools for children of farmers or peasants, Glazov said (June 2, 1768) that "it is impossible to bring about this a considerable burden for the people," since peasants often have boys aged 12-15 years old engaged in cultivation and the death of their fathers the breadwinners of the family: "take all of them to school, - they must add state fees, a million or more losses can follow; the land that he worked on will be empty, the house of that peasant should be completely ruined, the female sex of the house should be fed and fed will be? " Mikhail Faddeevich, however, did not deny the necessity of education at all and proposed to establish a school for every church, where people of the church rank would study and merchants, non-commissioned officers and soldiers, "landowners can give idlers who study there, but without coercion, and should contain them at your own expense. " ^[9]

He repeatedly spoke out against the restriction of landlord power; cruel landowners, however, offered to give in custody. ^[8]

Son - Glazov, Pavel Mikhailovich , major general , hero of the Ochakov assault .

1. Collection of the Imperial Russian Historical Society at the Presidential Library , Volume 4
2. History of Russia since ancient times. T. 27–28 / Resp. ed. : Koptsova V.V. - M.: Voice; Bell - Press, 1998 .-- 677 p. - History of Russia, 1766–1772 The reign of Catherine II Alekseevna. - ISBN 5-7117-0361-7