Woldemar von Glasenapp
Woldemar Reinhold von Glasenapp ( Russian Волдемар Александрович Глазенап * 26. June 1812 in Walk ( Estonian Valga ); † 18th July 1895 in Tartu ) was Vice-Admiral of the Imperial Russian Fleet , General of the Army , War Governor and Customs Director of Arkhangelsk , and Real State . He was the brother of Gottlieb Friedrich Alexandrowitsch von Glasenapp .
Life and military background
On February 27, 1826 he was promoted to ensign and in this rank he took part in the world tour to Kamchatka in the years 1826–1829 under the command of the captain MN Stanjukowitsch on the sloop "Möller" , during which the Kure Atoll was discovered has been.
In the years 1830-1832 he sailed with the ships "Kaiser Alexander I." and "Brienne" across the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea and was promoted to lieutenant on July 25, 1831.
On April 5, 1838, von Glasenapp was promoted to first lieutenant and in the same year sailed as commander to Swinoujscie , from where he escorted Tsar Nicholas I to Stockholm .
Glasenapp was lieutenant captain in 1841 and rear admiral à la suite in Kronstadt in 1842 . In the years 1850-1851 he commanded the first Russian screw frigate "Archimedes", which was built under the direction of Ivan Afosasevich Amosov and on which he sailed to the coast of Denmark and Sweden. In October 1850 she ran on rocks near the island of Bornholm and Glasenapp had to return to Kronstadt with his crew on the steam frigate "Kamchatka!" And was dismissed from service on November 22, 1851.
On October 30, 1853, together with Maximilian Gustav Behagel von Adlerskron, he founded the Samolet shipping company, which at that time became one of the three largest Russian shipping companies on the Volga.
On April 27, 1866, von Glasenapp returned to the service and was assigned to the Ministry of State Property of the Russian Empire. In 1872 he joined the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire and held the position of first member of the St. Petersburg Land Customs . In 1882 he was dismissed from service as a privy councilor. He published many articles in the Marine Collection magazine.
In his second marriage, he was married to Annette von Glasenapp, the daughter of Wilhelm Otto von Glasenapp , who was the lady-in-waiting of the Tsarina. In total, he was married three times and died in 1895 with no heirs.
Awards
- Since 1842 Knight of Honor of the Order of St. John in the Balley Brandenburg
- Order of St. Vladimir IV Class
- Order of Saint Anne III class
- Order of Saint Stanislaus III. class
- Knight of the Swedish Order of the Swords of the Danebrog Commander's Cross
- Prussian Order of the Red Eagle
- Weimar Falcon Order
- Norwegian Order of Saint Olav
Namesake
An island in the Tartar Strait between Sakhalin and the mainland was named after him "von Glasenapp Island" ( Russian : Остров Глазенапа, Ostrov Glazenapa , coordinates: 51 ° 54'0.00 "N 141 ° 19'60.00" E).
literature
- E. von Glasenapp: Complete genealogy of the Old Pomeranian family of the hereditary, castle and palace residents of Glasenapp , Berlin, 1897.
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Woldemar von Glasenapp. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Glazenap, Vladimir Alexandrovich // Russian Biographical Dictionary: in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M., 1896-1918.
- "Archimedes" // [Aral Flotilla - Mount Athos], 1911 - p. 173. - (Military Encyclopedia: [18 Vol.] / Edited by VF Novitsky [et al.]; 1911–1915, Vol. 3)
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| SURNAME | Glasenapp, Woldemar von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glasenapp, Woldemar Reinhold von; Glazenap, Vladimir Alexandrovich; Глазенап, Волдемар Александрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic officer, most recently Imperial Russian Vice-Admiral and War Governor of Arkhangelsk |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | walk |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1895 |
| Place of death | Dorpat |