Vladimir Dmitrievich Solomirsky

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Vladimir Dmitrievich Solomirski born Koltovsky , ( Russian Владимир Дмитриевич Соломирский , maiden name Колтовский * 1802 , † May 13. . Jul / 25. May  1884 . Greg ) was a Russian court official, independent scholar and poet .

Life

Vladimir Koltovsky and his older brother Pavel were the illegitimate sons of the diplomat Dmitri Pavlovich Tatishchev and the wife of Natalja Alexejewna Koltowska, the eldest daughter of the oligarch Alexei Fyodorovich Turchaninov . After Natalja Koltowska's close association with Paul I became known, Paul I was suspected to be Pawel Koltowski's father, especially since a similarity was seen. Since illegitimate children were not allowed to bear the family name of their father at the time, the two brothers were given the name Solomirski after the presumed Polish princely ancestors of the Tatishchev family.

In 1817 Vladimir Solomirski joined the nobility regiment in St. Petersburg (2nd Cadet Corps ). In 1820 he became a Praporschtschik an artillery company on horseback. In 1823 he was given leave of absence for health reasons.

As heir to part of the Turchaninov family group of his grandfather Alexei Turtschaninow, he was one of the richest landlords in the Vladimir governorate . In the spring of 1827 he became acquainted with Alexander Pushkin in the house of Alexander Urusov in Moscow , who gave him a Byron volume with a friendly dedication. Because of a dispute over the affection of his beautiful cousin Sofja Urussowa, Solomirski challenged Pushkin to a duel in April 1827 . The dispute was settled through the efforts of friends Pavel Mukhanov , Sergei Sobolevsky and Alexei Sheremetev , so the duel did not take place.

Solomirski now settled in the Urals . In 1830 he became managing director of Paul Schilling's two-year expedition to Eastern Siberia , which examined the situation of the population and trade on the Russian- Chinese border.

In 1832 Solomirski married Marija Petrovna Apraxina (1811-1859), daughter of Count Pyotr Ivanovich Apraxin . The marriage remained childless. Marija Petrovna, an admirer of Lermontov , sent him an unsigned letter when he was arrested for a duel. Lermontov guessed the sender and dedicated one of his most famous poems to her .

In 1832 Solomirski was appointed chamberlain (6th class ) and, on application, was transferred to the Apanage Department in St. Petersburg, where he served until 1846. During this time he lived in Tobolsk . At Pushkin's request, he sent him information about Yermak Timofeevich . Solomirski adored Byron and wrote after his example. SM Delwig thought he was one of the greatest dandies , but with talent, and an excellent musician . Under the influence of the teachings of Franz Joseph Gall , Solomirski became enthusiastic about physiognomics and wrote an introduction to human physiognomics, which appeared in St. Petersburg in 1835.

In 1860 Solomirski was elected aristocratic leader of the Ujesd Gorochowez in the Vladimir governorate for three years .

In 1861 Solomirski married the court lady Marija Alexandrovna Kawelina (1826–1895), daughter of General Alexander Alexandrowitsch Kawelin . The wedding took place in the court church of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. He now worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and lived in St. Petersburg or Tsarskoye Selo , where he owned three houses. In 1862 he and his wife were accepted into the St. Petersburg nobility. He had two children, Emmanuil (* 1863) and Marija (* 1865). In 1865 he was promoted to college assessor. Because of his poor health, he went abroad for a cure for several months in 1867, 1868 and 1872. After the death of his older brother Pavel in 1870, he sued his nephew Dmitri Solomirski in vain for the possession of the Turchaninov iron and steel works . In his last years he lived in very limited financial circumstances.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Дмитрий Алексеевич Редин: Историческая наука на рубеже веков: статьи и материалы научной конференции, посвященной 60 летию Исторического факультета Уральского государственного университета им. А.М. Горького . Волот, 2000, p. 359 .
  2. ↑ Ирина Мудрова: Русские предприниматели. Двигатели прогресса . Litres, 2017, ISBN 978-5-457-87595-1 .
  3. ↑ Веселовский С. Б .: Исследования по истории класса служилых землевладельцев . Moscow 1969, p. 361 .
  4. ↑ Черейский Л. А .: Пушкин и его окружение . 2nd Edition. Наука. Ленингр. отд-ние, Leningrad 1989, p. 412 .
  5. ^ TJ Binyon: Pushkin: A Biography . Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007, p. 252 .
personal data
SURNAME Solomirski, Vladimir Dmitrievich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koltowski, Wladimir Dmitrijewitsch (maiden name); Соломирский, Владимир Дмитриевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian court official, private scholar and poet
DATE OF BIRTH 1802
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1884