Konstantin von der Pahlen (politician, 1861)

Count Konstantin von der Pahlen

Konstantin Johann Georg von der Pahlen ( Russian Константин Констанович Пален / Konstantin Konstanowitsch Palen;. Scientific transliteration Konstantin Konstanovič Palen (born March 14 ^jul. / 26. March 1861 ^greg. In St. Petersburg ; d. 14. August 1923 in Wernigerode )) was a German-Baltic , Russian statesman and explorer of the Count von der Pahlen family .

Life

He was the son of the Russian politician Konstantin Graf von der Pahlen (1830–1912) and served as Vice-Governor of Warsaw (1897) and of Pleskau and Governor of Wilna (1902), Senator (1906) and Real Master of Ceremonies (1899–1903) ) and Real Hofmeister (1906). In 1903 he wrote a secret memorandum on the situation of the Jews in Russia , which was published by the federal government in Geneva in 1904 , and submitted proposals to a commission of the Interior Ministry to revise the current Jewish laws. He considered it necessary to repeal the May Laws of 1882, which he described as a "blow to the poor, harmless part of the population" which had led to the impoverishment of the working part of Judaism.

He was the bearer of the Order of the White Eagle , the Order of St. Vladimir IV., III. and II. Class, St. Anna Order III., II. and I. Class and St. Stanislaus Order III., II. and I. Class.

Pahlen married Sophie Luise Tatjana Freiin von Nikolay (1862–1943) in 1890. The marriage resulted in four daughters and one son.

Works (selection)

He is the author of a travelogue about the Russian- occupied Turkestan , which was also translated into German (on behalf of the Tsar in Turkestan 1908-1909) .

Further

Graf von Pahlen, CG [Constantin Graf von der Pahlen]: On behalf of the Tsar in Turkestan 1908–1909. Stuttgart 1969 ( library of classic travelogues )
Mission to Turkestan, being the memoirs of Count KK Pahlen (1908–1909). (Pierce, Richard A., ed. & Couriss, NJ, transl.) London, Oxford University Press 1964
Pahlen, CG [Constantin Graf von der Pahlen]: Pereselencheskoe delo v Turkestane. Otchet po revizii Turkestanskogo kraia, proizvedennyi po vysochaishemu poveleniiu senatorom gofmeisterom grafom KK Palenom. St.Petersburg 1910 Отчет по ревизии Туркестанского края. Переселенческое дело в Туркестане

literature

Alexander Morrison: The Pahlen Commission and the Re-Establishment of Rectitude in Transcaspia, 1908-1909. - cairn.info
Oskar Stavenhagen (edit.): Genealogical Handbook of the Courland Knights , Volume 1, Görlitz, 1939, pp. 607–608

Web links

References and footnotes

↑ Kulturportal-west-ost.eu - accessed on February 11, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Pahlen, Konstantin von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pahlen, Konstantin Johann Georg von der (full name); Пален, Константин Констанович (Russian); Palen, Konstantin Konstanovič (ru-Latn)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Baltic Russian statesman and explorer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 26, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH	August 14, 1923
Place of death	Wernigerode

[1] Kulturportal-west-ost.eu - accessed on February 11, 2018.