Biographies of the Decembrist Volkonsky

By the Lettics of the Decembrist S. Volkonsky, by Decembrist S. Volkonsky on December 19, Sergey Grigoryevich Volkonsky, born in Moscow on December 19, was a representative of the twenty -fifth generation of descendants of the Rurikovich, belonged to the noble estate. The father of the Decembrist, Grigory Semenovich Volkonsky, participated in almost all wars of the late XVIII century, and in the period-he fulfilled the position of Governor-General in Orenburg, and then became a member of the State Council.

The mother of the Decembrist, Alexandra Nikolaevna, was the state-date of the court, close to the imperial family. By the eight -year age of Volkonsky, they recorded in the military regiment. Having received their original home education, he entered the prestigious boarding house of Abbot Nicolas in St. Petersburg, where, incidentally, he met Alexander Khristoforovich Benkendorf, who became not only a good friend for him, but also a military comrade, however, during the exposure of a secret society and the arrest of the Decembrists, their relationship changed, S.

Volkonsky entered the military service, in nine years. which took part in fifty -eight battles. In one of them he was seriously wounded and was awarded the Golden Cross for the battle of the Provish-Elau, which he really valued, and already much later, in the amnesty of the Decembrists, devoid of all previous merits and orders, asked Alexander II to return this award and the St. George Cross.

As many historians note, the battle in its significance and fierce was above Borodinsky. Years later, Sergey Grigoryevich will describe him: ... all the efforts of the French army to knock us down from the perspective of the Provish - Eilau battle were unsuccessful ... Until the end, our troops stubbornly held this position, our retreat was not forced by the new onslaught of the enemy, but due to considerations of the commander -in -chief.

Sergey Grigoryevich Volkonsky source for the courage manifested in the battles of the Dennevitsa and Gross-Beren was granted the major general at the age of 24. Returning to St. Petersburg after the victory of the Russian army over the Napoleonic troops, he was in the Cavalier Guard Regiment, where young officers in his free time “loved and to play and buy” Alexander I several times was dissatisfied with Volkonsky’s freedom and a rejection of the charter.

In the year, he was appointed commander of the brigade of the 2nd Ulan division, and after 5 years he was transferred to the same position to the UR Infantry Division. In the year, S. Volkonsky submits a report with a request to provide him with unlimited vacation, the prince was dissatisfied with his transfer to the position of “consisting” with the division boss. On the way to Europe, he stopped in Kyiv, where he met his old friend-Major General M.

Orlov, who, being the chief of staff of the fourth infantry corps, was in a secret society. He invited the prince to the meeting, where Volkonsky first realized that in addition to military service, there was another opportunity to serve for the good of the Fatherland. In January, in Kyiv, Prince Volkonsky married Maria Nikolaevna Raevskaya, which he had been in love with this time had been in love with him for a long time, and he was already in a southern secret society, whose member became a year, being convinced of “that he entered a noble path of civil activity.” It is worth noting that the planted father of the prince was his brother N.

Repnin, and the young man spent only 3 months after the wedding by the wife of Sergei Grigoryevich fell ill and left with his family to be treated in Odessa, and he remained in the service. They were not destined to meet until the imprisonment of the Decembrist in the Peter and Paul Fortress.

Despite all the precautions, information about the existence of a secret society could not be hidden from the authorities ... Judging by the memoirs of the prince, Alexander I, during the inspection of the part entrusted to him, warned him against rash acts. In November, Volkonsky had learned about the tsar’s illness before other officers, which he reported to his “boss” in secret southern society - Pestel, who began negotiations with the “northerners” about a joint performance.

The Volkonsky and Pestel was compiled together the plan “1 General”, according to which the Vyatka regiment needs to be arrested by the army authorities and go to St. Petersburg. I also had to join him, and I was also the Volkonsky Infantry Division. The arrest of Pestel made its adjustments. Sergei Grigoryevich in his division did not raise the rebellion and force to free the “boss” of the conspirators.

During the interrogation, Sergei Grigoryevich left direct answers to questions. On the one hand, he expressed his readiness to cooperate with the investigation, declaring his guilt, and on the other, he confirmed the already well -known information. During repeated interrogations, referring to bad memory, he confirmed what was already contained in the investigator, without stopping taking care of the security of his comrades in secret society.

There, the Decembrists were deprived of communication, all things and books were selected, even the Bible, they were searched twice a day. The prince wrote to his wife: physical labors cannot bring me into despondency, but heart grief, of course, will soon destroy my mortal body.Mashenka, visit me before I fall into the grave ... Among the Decembrists, 24 people consisted of family relations.

Maria Volkonskaya was the second after Catherine Trubetskoy, who managed to achieve permission to stay with her husband. According to Maria Volkonskaya, they met in prison: in the first minute I did not see anything, since it was dark there; They opened a small door to the left, and I went up to my husband’s department. Sergei rushed to me; The rattle of his chains struck me: I did not know that he was in shackles.

The severity of this imprisonment gave me the concept of the degree of his suffering. The view of his shackles so ignited and touched me that I rushed to his knees, kissed his shackles, and then - himself. Burnashev, who stood on the threshold, not having the opportunity to enter the lack of space, was amazed at the expression of my respect and delight for her husband, to whom he said “you” and with whom he treated, as with a convict.

From the Blacksmith Mining Volkonsky was sent to the Chita Ostrog, and then to the Petrovsky Plant. In the year, hard labor was replaced by a settlement in the village of Urik, and from a year for almost ten years the Volkonsky lived in Irkutsk. The way of his life in the settlement, according to the description of the Decembrist Yakushkin, was as follows: ...

in the summer he disappeared all day at work in the field, and in the winter his favorite pastime in the city was a visit to the bazaar, where he met many friends among the dignity of peasants and loved to talk with them to their liking and the course of the economy. In the exile of the Volkonsky couple, two children were born: son and daughter. According to the amnesty in the year, the family was allowed to move to European Russia, without the right to live in the capital.

The Volkonsky settled in the suburbs, and the last years of his life, Sergei Grigoryevich spent in the village of Voronki, in Ukraine, where he wrote memoirs. He experienced the death of his wife heavily and passed away two years after her, at the age of 76. According to his will, he was buried at the feet of his beloved wife. According to his son Mikhail Sergeyevich, until the end of his days, Volkonsky "retained extraordinary memory, witty speech, an ardent attitude to issues of domestic and foreign policy and participation in everything close to him." Neither numerous battles, nor hard labor, nor a link broke this person who considered his life quite consisted: "On my conscience - no oppression of reproach."