Count Savva Lukich Raguzinsky-Vladislavich ( Serb Sava Vladislaviћ Raguzinsky ; January 16, 1669 , Ragusa [2] [3] - June 17, 1738 , Matoksa Manor, St. Petersburg Province [5] [4] ) - Raguz merchant, who was in Russian diplomatic service. He headed the Russian embassy in China , founded the city of Troitskosavsk , now Kyakhta. Also known as the author of essays on economic topics.
| Savva Lukich Raguzinsky-Vladislavich | |||||||
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| Serb. Sava Vladislaviћ Raguzinsky | |||||||
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| Monarch | Catherine I ; Peter II | ||||||
| Predecessor | Ivan Lorenz Lang | ||||||
| Successor | Vasily Fedorovich Bratishchev [1] (since 1758) | ||||||
| Birth | January 16, 1669 Ragusa , Dubrovnik Republic , Ottoman Empire [2] [3] | ||||||
| Death | June 17, 1738 (69 years old) Matoks Manor, St. Petersburg Province [4] | ||||||
| Burial place | Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra | ||||||
| Birth name | Sava Vladislavich | ||||||
| Activities | economist , diplomat | ||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
Belonged to the Serbian noble family from the Raguz republic (hence the nickname "Raguzinsky"). In his youth, he was engaged in trade in France , Spain and Venice .
He began the Russian diplomatic service in Constantinople , where he carried out unofficial instructions from V.V. Golitsin and E.I. Ukraintsev . In 1703, he first visited Moscow [6] ; Peter I issued him a ten-year letter of honor, which granted him the right to free trade in Russia with payment of duties on a par with Russian merchants, a monopoly on the sale of fox fur from the Siberian order for three years, the right to import and export goods from Russia [7] . In 1703-1708 was a secret agent of the Ukrainian hetman I. Mazepa in Turkey.
Settled in Moscow in 1708. He initiated the minting of a bargaining copper coin in Russia [5] . In 1710 he received the rank of court adviser . In 1711 - the representative of Russia in Montenegro and Moldova . He supported the idea of the Prut campaign in order to liberate the Slavs of the Balkan Peninsula from the Turkish yoke.
In the years 1716-1722. as the representative of Peter I held negotiations in Rome and Venice . On the instructions of Peter I, he ordered sculptures for the Summer Garden in Italy , sent Italian specialists to St. Petersburg , as well as tools and instruments for Peter's workshop; received as a present from the pope an antique statue of Venus of Tauride [5] [8] (now stored in the Hermitage ).
In 1725, he was appointed plenipotentiary ambassador of Russia to Qing China , fulfilled his mission with high art, first concluding the Treaty of Burinsky and then the Kyakhta Treaty on its basis. For more details see the article Embassy of Vladislavich .
Upon returning to Petersburg in 1728, he was awarded the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky and promoted to full state councilors [5] . Compiled for the Russian government a detailed note on the Qing Empire . Later he participated in various negotiations and discussions on the problems of Russian-Qing trade.
He died at Matoks Manor and was buried in the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra [5] , on the wall of which, in memory of him, a memorial plaque was hung on September 24, 2010 [5] . The first monument to Raguzinsky was erected in June 2011 in Shlisselburg [9] .
Notes
- ↑ Bratishchev, Vasily Feodorovich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ 1 2 Leshchilovskaya I.I., 2003 , Now - Dubrovnik , Croatia . From the name of the city comes the surname ..
- ↑ 1 2 According to some sources, he was born in Herceg Novi (on the territory of modern Montenegro ), according to the third - in Herzegovina (part of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina ).
- ↑ 1 2 Now - in the Vsevolozhsk district , Leningrad region , Russia .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Petrograd district, 2010 .
- ↑ According to some reports, he brought to Russia the arap Ibrahim , the ancestor of A.S. Pushkin .
- ↑ Leshilovskaya I.I., 2003 .
- ↑ The long journey of Venus of Tauride (unavailable link) . Marble. Date of treatment October 21, 2012. Archived October 23, 2012.
- ↑ A monument to the Serb - an associate of Peter the Great - was unveiled in Shlisselburg (St. Petersburg) - Politics, elections, power - News - REGNUM
Literature
- Demin E.V. Companions of Peter I in Transbaikalia // Youth of Buryatia. - 1978, February 14. - S. 22.
- Pavlenko N.I. Savva Lukich Vladislavich-Raguzinsky // Siberian Lights. - 1978. - No. 3. - S. 155-158.
- Pavlenko N.I. Savva Lukich Vladislavich-Raguzinsky // Around the throne. - M.: Thought, 1998 .-- 864 p. (World History in Faces). - S. 439-486. ISBN 5-244-00904-4 .
- Maidanskaya N. Wisdom Councils of Savva Raguzinsky: Dedicated to the Russian-Serbian statesman // Library. - 2011. - No. 10. - S. 61-63.
- Leshchilovskaya I.I., Khitrova N.I., Medvedeva O. V. and others. Slavic peoples of Southeast Europe and Russia in the 18th century. / Ans. ed. I.I. Leshchilovskaya. - M .: Nauka, 2003 .-- 314 p. - 300 copies. - ISBN 5-02-008854-4 . [Presentation of information about S. L. Raguzinsky-Vladislavich from the monograph - Tsiganovich D. Savva Lukich Vladislavich-Raguzinsky . Srpska.ru. Date of treatment October 21, 2012. Archived October 23, 2012. ]
- Travel journal S. L. Vladislavich-Raguzinsky. - 1725.
- Russian-Chinese relations in the XVIII century: Materials and documents. - M .: Nauka, 1990.
Links
- Vladislavich-Raguzinsky, Savva Lukich // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- The opening ceremony of the memorial plaque to Count Savva Lukich Vladislavich-Raguzinsky . Public Council on Small Business under the Administration of the Petrograd Region (September 28, 2010). Date of treatment October 21, 2012. Archived October 23, 2012.