Count Vladimir Vladimirovich Orlov-Davydov ( November 13, 1837 [1] - April 7, 1870 ) - the son of Count V.P. Orlov-Davydov , a participant in the Caucasian campaigns , the Simbirsk governor in 1866–68.
| Vladimir Vladimirovich Orlov-Davydov | ||||
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 Portrait of a brush by I. A. Tyurin | ||||
| Date of Birth | November 13, 1837 | |||
| Place of Birth | St. Petersburg | |||
| Date of death | April 7, 1870 (32 years old) | |||
| Place of death | Corfu | |||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | |||
| Type of army | infantry | |||
| Rank | major general | |||
| Battles / wars | Caucasian war | |||
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Biography
Born in St. Petersburg, was baptized with his twin brother Anatoly on November 16, 1837 in St. Isaac's Cathedral. Got a good home education. Having enlisted in military service as a non-commissioned officer in the 4th division of the Cavalier Guard regiment in 1855, he was promoted to cornet the following year and subsequently transferred to the army operating in the Caucasus , as part of which he took part in constant clashes with the highlanders .
In 1859, he was promoted to lieutenant and assigned for special assignments to his uncle, commander in chief of the Caucasian Army, Field Marshal Prince Baryatinsky .
In the same year he was awarded the Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree with swords and a bow for a special difference in cases against the highlanders when taking the aul of Gunib.
In 1860, already in the rank of captain and commander of the 3rd company of the 20th infantry battalion, the count received the Order of St. Stanislav of the 3rd degree, also with swords and a bow, in the same year, September 27, when taking by storm the aul Benoy was seriously injured.
In 1861, he again transferred to the Cavalier Guard regiment as a captain with the appointment of an adjutant to the commander-in-chief of the Caucasian Army, and in 1863 he was transferred, with production to lieutenant colonels, to the Kabarda Infantry Regiment .
The following 1864, the count was made an adjutant outhouse , promoted to colonel , and sent by courier to London .
Returning to Russia in 1865, he traveled to the Voronezh province to observe the recruitment and was sent several times to the Caucasus to the Grand Duke Viceroy Mikhail Nikolaevich on various instructions.
Produced on December 6, 1866 as a major general with an appointment to the retinue , while continuing to be enlisted in the army infantry, the count was appointed governor of Simbirsk . Under him, the restoration of Simbirsk after the fire of 1864 continued, the first water supply was built, the Chuvash school was opened by the enlightener I. Ya. Yakovlev . After the death of V.V. Orlov-Davydov, his father, Vladimir Petrovich , in 1871 established a vocational school in Simbirsk named after him with a donation of 200,000 rubles .
In October 1868, he resigned from the post of governor and was reckoned with the Ministry of the Interior, with retirement. Count V.V. Orlov-Davydov died on the island of Corfu on April 7, 1870.
Rewards
- Order of St. Anne 3 tbsp. with swords and bow (1859) [2] :
- Order of St. Stanislav 3 tbsp. with swords and bow (1860)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4 tbsp. with swords and bow (1861)
- Order of St. Vladimir 3 tbsp. with swords over the order (1868)
Sources
- Miloradovich G. A. List of persons of the retinue of their majesties from the reign of Emperor Peter I to 1886, St. Petersburg, 1886.
- Orlov-Davydov, Vladimir Vladimirovich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
Notes
- ↑ TsGIA SPb. f.19. Op. 111. d.282. with. 42. Metric books of St. Isaac's Cathedral.
- ↑ List of seniority generals . St. Petersburg 1869