Peter Ivanovich Tufiakin

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Prince Peter Tufiakin, 1838
Tufiakin burial place in the Paris North Cemetery

Prince Peter Iwanowitsch Tufiakin ( Russian князь Пётр Иванович Тюфякин ; * 1769 ; † February 20, 1845 in Paris ) was a Russian nobleman.

Life

Tufiakin comes from an old Russian noble family, was chief steward of the Russian tsarist family and served for several years in the Russian army, from which he was released in 1795. In 1801 he married Yekaterina Osipowna Chorwat (1777-1802), who tragically died on March 6, 1802. He then lived for several years in Vienna , where he was in a relationship with the singer Louise Müller , who played Marzelline at the world premiere of Beethoven's opera Fidelio on November 20, 1805 .

In spring 1808 he went to Munich with Louise Müller and then to St. Petersburg for several years . There he was Deputy Director of the Imperial Theater from 1812 to 1819 and its director from 1819 to 1821.

In 1821 he was released and moved to Paris, where he lived in the immediate vicinity of the opera at 10 Boulevard Montmartre and was at the center of social life. He owned a valuable collection of paintings and an extensive library. The English traveler Thomas Raikes noted his death on March 1, 1845 in his diary:

"Prince Tufiakin is also dead at Paris, a dandy of seventy-four. He was formerly Director of the theaters at St. Petersburg, but obtained permission of the Emperor to reside in Paris, on condition that he made over his estates to his relations, and merely retained the income for his life. He has passed in Paris more than twenty years of a frivolous existence; a great admirer of the Lorettes, by whom he was duped and laughed; and his last words were characteristic of his life: “Qu'est ce qu'on donne ce soir à l'opéra?”
(Prince Tufiakin also died in Paris, a bon vivant of 74 years. He was formerly director of the theater in St. Petersburg, but received permission from the tsar to settle in Paris. [...] He spent more than 20 years in Paris led a frivolous life, as a great admirer of the Lorettes, by whom he was betrayed and laughed at. His last words are characteristic of his life: What do you do at the opera tonight?) "

He died without offspring, so that with him the Tufiakin family died out. His grave is in the Paris North Cemetery .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baierische National-Zeitung , Munich, No. 134 of June 7, 1808, p. 546: "foreigner advertisement. Arrived June 3rd. [...] In the black Adler: Tufiakin, Russian Kaiserl. Chamberlain, etc. Mlle. Müller, first theater singer from Vienna, with a suite ”. (Digitized version)
  2. ↑ A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., From 1831 to 1847 , London, 1857, Volume 4, p. 422 (digitized version)

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personal data
SURNAME Tufiakin, Peter Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tufiakin, Prince Peter Ivanovich (full name); Тюфякин, князь Пётр Иванович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 1769
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1845
Place of death Paris