Sergei Nikolaevich Swerbejew

Sergei Nikolajewitsch Swerbejew ( Russian Сергей Никола́евич Свербе́ев , scientific transliteration Sergej Nikolaevič Sverbeev ; * 13 April ^July / 25 April  1857 ^greg .; † April 4, 1922 in Berlin ) was a Russian diplomat . He was the last ambassador of the Russian Empire in Berlin.

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Sergei Nikolajewitsch Swerbejew comes from the marriage of the court councilor and officials for special use in the Yakut administration Nikolai Dmitrijewitsch Swerbejew (1829-1860) with Princess Sinaida Sergejewna Trubezkaja (1837-1924).

Swerbejew began his professional activity in the Ministry of the Interior, but in 1885 moved to the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1888 he became third secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1891 he became vice-secretary at the Russian embassy in Copenhagen , in 1894 second secretary at the embassy in Vienna , in 1896 first secretary in the embassy in Munich . From 1898–1904 he was first secretary, then counselor in Vienna. In 1910 he became Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Athens .

In 1912 he was appointed ambassador to Berlin as the successor to Nikolai von der Osten-Sacken . In this capacity he was ex officio Honorary Chairman of the Orthodox non-profit brotherhood of the Holy Prince Vladimir . He supported their plans to build an Orthodox cathedral in Berlin-Tiergarten , but these were destroyed by the First World War.

When the First World War broke out , he had to leave Berlin on August 3, 1914, together with the entire Russian diplomatic corps, and return to Saint Petersburg by special train via Copenhagen and Stockholm .

After the October Revolution in Russia he fled to Berlin, where he died in 1922 and was buried in Dept. 3/4 in the Russian cemetery in Berlin-Tegel .

family

Swerbejew was married to Anna Wassiljewna Besobrasowa . There were four sons from the marriage: Dmitri Sergejewitsch (1889–1940) was a graduate of the St. Petersburg Military Academy and emigrated to Germany after the October Revolution . Nikolai Sergejewitsch (1891-1914) died on October 18, 1914 at the front in World War I. Vladimir Sergeyevich (1892–1951) fought in the Russian Civil War in southern Russia in the ranks of the White Army against the Bolsheviks and then emigrated to France. Sergei Sergejewitsch (1897–1966) also served in the Russian army and emigrated to France.

literature

• Karl Schloegel: Chronicle of Russian Life in Germany 1918–1941 . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1999.
• Bratskij Westnik (Bratstwo-Bote) (Russian), № 21, Bad Kissingen 2006.

Web links

• Short biography (Russian)