RusPortraits v2-098 Le Prince Nikita Grigoriewitch Wolkonsky

Prince Nikita Grigorievich Volkonsky (9 July 1781,

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– 6 December 1844,

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) was a Russian general from the

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family. He took part in the Napoleonic wars and later converted from Orthodoxy to

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Family

Nikita's father was Prince , one of

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's leading generals. His mother was the daughter and heiress of Prince

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. His siblings included Prince

Sergey Volkonsky Prince Sergey Grigoryevich Volkonsky (; – ) was a Russian major general and Decembrist from the aristocratic Volkonsky family. Life Sergey Volkonsky was a grandson of Field Marshal Nicholas Repnin, a leading statesman of Catherine the Great' ...

, one of the prominent

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, and Prince

Nikolai Repnin-Volkonsky Prince Nikolai Grigoryevich Repnin-Volkonsky (; 1778 – ) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army. Life He was the son of General Prince Grigory Semyonovich Volkonsky of the Volkonsky noble family, but the adoptive son of his maternal gra ...

, the owner of Yagotin. In 1810, Nikita married Princess Zinaida Beloselskaya-Belozerskaya (1792-1862) - writer, poet, singer and composer, Princess was a prominent figure of the Russian cultural life of the first half of the 19th century and was also a Catholic convert from Russian Orthodoxy. Their marriage gave birth to one son: * Alexander (1811-1878), Privy Councillor.

Career

Volkonsky graduated from the First Cadet Corps. On 9 October 1792 recorded the ensign Praporshchik in

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. On 1 January 1796 hired by a second lieutenant in the same regiment. On 16 November 1800 Volkonsky dismissed from military service with the rank of

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. On 15 September 1801 he became a chamberlain adopted by the imperial court. On 15 January 1807 Volkonsky re-entered military service with the rank of lieutenant colonel and in the army was appointed adjutant to General Ivan Michelson - Commander of the Moldavian army. He participated in the battles against the Turks, won several awards, including a gold sword "for his bravery." On 15 September 1807 he was promoted to

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and appointed adjutant to

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. On 28 July 1812 Volkonsky was appointed composed of the Saint Petersburg militia, took part in the

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, between October 6–7, and was wounded by a grenade in his right side, so that the 20 October 1812 he retired. On December 19 of that year he returned to work and was in the retinue Alexander I. In 1813 he participated in the Battle of Lutzen, Battle of Bautzen and

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. On September 15 of the same year he was made major general with admission to the Sweet. For distinction in

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he was awarded with a gold sword "for bravery" with diamonds. In 1814 he fought at

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, Battle of Fere-Champenoise and

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. In 1815 he accompanied Alexander I on the trip to the

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. On 6 December 1827 was promoted to Jägermeister, in Russia corresponding the position of full

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, listing a Privy Councillor. At the end of his life, converted to Catholicism from his Orthodox religion by birth and moved to

. He was buried in the

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church, .

Sources

Russian Archive: Sat - M .: studio "TRITE" H. Mikhalkov, 1996. - T. VII. - S. 342.

External links

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Nikita Nikita may refer to: * Nikita (given name), people with the given name, including variants * Nikita, Crimea, a town in Ukraine * Nikita the Tanner, a character in East Slavic folklore Film and television *''Little Nikita'', a 1988 film * ''La Femm ...

1781 births 1844 deaths Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class) Recipients of the Military Merit Order (Bavaria)