Sergei Sergeevich Volkonsky
Sergei Sergejewitsch Wolkonski ( Russian : Волконский, Сергей Сергеевич, born July 6, 1856 in Ryazan Oblast ; † April 18, 1916 in Moscow ) was a Russian prince and politician . He was a member of the Third and Fourth State Duma of the Russian Empire .
Life
SS Wolkonski studied at the University of Saint Petersburg Law and graduated in 1878 his military service , after which he served a short time in Governing Senate of the Russian Empire. He left the public service and retired to his parents' estate in Mokshan . In addition to managing his estate, he devoted himself to socio-political tasks and self-administration . In 1892 he was elected spokesman and honorary judge of Molschan Rajons . In this capacity he was also chairman of the district council of Mokshan and organized a congress of the Octobrists in Penza Oblast. In 1907 he was elected to the Third State Duma for Penza. Thus, in this legislative period of the Duma , with him, his relatives Vladimir Mikhailovich Volkonsky (1868-1953), Vladimir Viktorovich Volkonsky (1866-1914) and Nikolai Sergeyevich Volkonsky (1848-1910) were represented. Sergei Sergeyevich belonged to the faction of the Octobrists and worked in the commissions for judicial reform, agriculture, state defense and local government. In 1912 he was elected to the Fourth State Duma by the Congress of Landowners in Penza Oblast, he remained a member of the octrobist faction and, after its division, joined the progressive bloc (progressives). He continued to serve on committees on local government and judicial reforms. In 1914, with the outbreak of World War I , he was a member of the Supreme Council for War Victims and War Survivors and their Families.
Origin and family
SS Volkonsky came from the Volkonsky princely family . His parents were the large landowner Sergei Wassiljewitsch Volkonsky (1819-1884), he owned extensive land in the Penza Oblast and Ryazan , and Nadezhda Petrovna Kolobowa (* after 1820). His brother was the politician Nikolai Sergeevich Volkonsky (1848-1910). Sergei Sergejewitsch lived with his partner Maria Nikolajewna Markilowa, they had two sons: Georgi Sergejewitsch and Alexei Sergejewitsch (* 1894).
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| SURNAME | Volkonsky, Sergei Sergeyevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Волконский, Сергей Сергеевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian prince, politician and member of the State Duma |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ryazan Oblast |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1916 |
| Place of death | Moscow |