Grigory Alexandrovich Demidov (; 21 February 1765 – 31 January 1827) was a Russian nobleman from the

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Life

He was a son of Aleksander Grigoryevich Demidov (1737-1803) and his wife Praskovya Matveyevna Olsufyeva (1780-1813), making him a nephew of Grigory Akinfievich Demidov. He initially served as an adjutant to

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in a guards regiment. On 13 September 1797 he married princess Yekaterina Petrovna Lopukhina (11 April 1783-21 July 1830), daughter of

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and his first wife, Praskovya Ivanovna Levshina. They had six children: * Nikita Grigoryevich (26 June 1798-28 December 1813); * Praskovya Grigoryevna (1799-1840), married

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; * Aleksandr Grigoryevich (1803-1853); * Pyotr Grigoryevich (1807-1862); * Pavel Grigoryevich (1809-1858); * Anna Grigoryevna (1810-1840), married Aleksandr Yegorovich Engelhardt. After his father's death in 1803 Grigory inherited a huge fortune. He was noted for his charity work and in 1817 he donated 410 books to the

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, including several rare works. He is buried in the

Lazarevskoe Cemetery Lazarevskoe Cemetery () is a historic cemetery in the centre of Saint Petersburg, and the oldest surviving cemetery in the city. It is part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, and is one of four cemeteries in the complex. Since 1932 it has been part of ...

at the

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References

External links

Демидов, Григорий Александрович (гофмейстер)
in the ''

Russian Biographical Dictionary The ''Russian Biographical Dictionary'' (''RBD''; ) is a Russian-language biographical dictionary published by the Imperial Russian Historical Society and edited by a collective with Alexander Polovtsov as the editor-in-chief An editor-in-c ...

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