Alexander Semjonowitsch Wassilschikow

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Alexander Semjonowitsch Wassilschikow

Alexander Semjonowitsch Wassiltschikow ( Russian : Васильчиков, Александр Семёнович; * 1746 in Moscow ; † 1813 ibid) was a Russian aristocrat , Adjutant General of Her Majesty Catherine II and her lover.

Life

AS Wassiltschikow came from the Russian boyars of the Wassiltschickows , whose origins go back to the 14th century . His great cousin was the later Prince Illarion Wassiljewitsch Wassiltschikow (1776-1847). He began his military career as an ensign in the Guards Cavalry Regiment , this regiment provided the bodyguard for Catherine II. On August 1, 1772, he was summoned from there as a valet to the Tsarina. After a short time, the Tsarina was chosen to succeed Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (1734–1783) as the lover . Already on 12 August 1772 28-year-old was the general aide-de-camp , transported so the Adjutant General of His Majesty and was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky decorated . After a short time, the love affair turned into a normal relationship, Vasilchikov “served her as a party companion, but otherwise she ignored him. Ignoring Grigory Orlov was not so easy for her ... She had tried to get used to Alexander Semyonovich, but soon she could only despise him ... Vasilchikov was annoyed and unhappy too ... When he left St. Petersburg in March 1774, she could not hide their relief… ”. When Vasilchikov was sent on a journey by the Empress, the Tsarina Grigory Alexandrovich Potjomkin took her new lover. "On January 2, 1776, the beautiful young private secretary of the Empress, the Pole Zavadovsky, moved into the suite of the favored, which had previously been occupied by Orlov, Vasilchikov and Potemkin ". The end of his further military career was made much easier by the severance payment of 20,000 rubles and a few transfers. AS Vasilchikov lived in Moscow for the rest of his life and put together a collection of paintings by Western European painters . These exhibits include the self-portrait by Diego Velázquez , as well as works by Philips Wouwerman and Andries Both .

literature

  • Carolly Erickson: Catherine the Great. A German princess on the tsar's throne . Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg, March 1997. [2]
  • Kaus, Gina (trans June Head), Catherine: The Portrait of An Empress . Viking Press, New York, 1935, pp. 312-316. [3]
  • Simon Sebag Montefiore * Catherine the Great and Potemkin. The imperial love affair .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carolly Erickson, Catherine the Great, a German princess on Zarenhof, Rowohlt paperback publishing house, Reinbek, March 1997, pp 329-331; 346-349; 366 and 368
  2. ↑ Carolly Erickson, Katharina the Great, A German Princess at the Zarenhof, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg, March 1997, pp. 368–369
  3. ↑ Carolly Erickson, Katharina the Great, A German Princess at the Zarenhof, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg, March 1997, p. 368
  4. ↑ The first edition appeared under the title “Prince of Princes. The Life of Potemkin. The Imperial Love Affair "and the paperback edition was entitled" Potemkin. Prince of Princes "; English: Catherine the Great and Prince Potemkin. An imperial affair . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-18275-6 . [1]
personal data
SURNAME Wassiltschikow, Alexander Semjonowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Васильчиков, Александр Семёнович (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian adjutant general
DATE OF BIRTH 1746
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH 1813
Place of death Moscow