Count Sergey Dmitrievich Sheremetev (; November 14 ovember 26 1844, Saint Petersburg – December 17, 1918, Moscow) was a Russian public figure, historian, collector. A rich landowner, he owned the

Kuskovo Kuskovo () was the summer country house and estate of the Sheremetev family. Built in the mid-18th century, it was originally situated several miles to the east of Moscow but now is part of the East District of the city. It was one of the ...

, Mikhailovskoye (since 1870), Vvedenskoye and Ostafyevo estates in

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and the Fountain House Saint Petersburg (since 1871) Oberjägermeister since 1904, he held the

Active State Councillor Active State Councillor (, deystvitelnyi statskiy sovetnik) was a civil position (class) in the Russian Empire, according to the Table of Ranks introduced by Peter the Great in 1722. That was a civil rank of the 4th class and equal to those of M ...

rank. The

Sheremetyevskaya railway station Sheremetyevskaya () is a railway station of the Savyolovsky line of the Moscow Railway in the microdistrict Sheremetyevsky of the city of Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast. The station is part of the line D1 "Belorussko-Savelovsky" of the Moscow Cent ...

was named after him, after which in turn the

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was later named.

Biography

200px, Sergey Sheremetev (at left) and Boris Sheremetev around 1880 Born into the family of Count Dmitry Nikolaevich Sheremetev and Countess Anna Sergeevna Sheremeteva. He was educated at home and passed exams at the

Page Corps The Page Corps (; ) was a military academy in Imperial Russia, which prepared sons of the nobility and of senior officers for military service. Similarly, the Imperial School of Jurisprudence prepared boys for civil service. The present-day equiva ...

. In 1863, with the rank of cornet, he joined the Cavalry Guards Regiment; from 1865 - lieutenant, from May 1866 - regimental adjutant, from 1867 - staff captain. In 1868, with the rank of captain, he was appointed adjutant to Tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich. From 1872 he was deputy of the nobility of the

Shlisselburgsky Uyezd Shlisselburgsky Uyezd (''Шлиссельбургский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Saint Petersburg Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was ...

of the

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. In 1873-1875 he was honorary justice of the peace for the Shlisselburg district; from 1874 - colonel. In 1876-1879, in 1885-1888, in 1902-1905, in 1905-1908, in 1908-1911 and in 1911-1914 he was honorary justice of the peace for the Podolsky uezd of the

. He took part in the

Russo-Turkish War The Russo-Turkish wars ( ), or the Russo-Ottoman wars (), began in 1568 and continued intermittently until 1918. They consisted of twelve conflicts in total, making them one of the longest series of wars in the history of Europe. All but four of ...

of 1877-1878 as part of the Ruschuk detachment, which was commanded by the future Emperor Alexander III; he was awarded the

Order of Saint Vladimir The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir () was an Imperial Russian order established on by Empress Catherine the Great, Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev, Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptizer of ...

3rd class with swords. In 1881 he was appointed aide-de-camp to Alexander III and in 1884 he received the

rank. From 1883 to 1894 he was the head of the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella; from 1885 — trustee of the House of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna for the care of the poor in St. Petersburg and member of the Council of the Lyceum in memory of Tsarevich Nicholas; from 1890 — honorary member of the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such ...

. In 1885 he was elected Moscow provincial Marshal of Nobility. From 1892 he was the master of the hunt of the Imperial Court. In 1897 he was appointed a member of the "Special Conference on Affairs of the Nobility" and in a note submitted to the Emperor, he stated: In 1898-1904 and in 1910-1916 he was an honorary justice of the peace for the Zvenigorodsky Uyezd of the

In 1900-1917 he served as member of the State Council and a member of the right group

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, and concurrently served as chairman of the Imperial archaeological commission. In 1900-1901 he was the chairman of the Commission for the analysis and description of the archive of the

Most Holy Synod The Most Holy Governing Synod (, pre-reform orthography: ) was the highest governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church between 1721 and 1917. It was abolished following the February Revolution of 1917 and replaced with a restored patriar ...

and since 1901 he was the Chairman of the Committee for the Guardianship of Russian Icon Painting and Honorary Trustee of the Belgorod Gymnasium (in 1904 he was approved for another three-year term). Since 1902 — Trustee of the Krasnoslobodsk Orphanage, and since 1910 also Trustee of the Krasnoslobodsk Zemstvo Primary School — in the Trubchevsky Uyezd of the

Oryol Governorate Oryol Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1928. Its seat was in the city of Oryol. Administrative division Oryol Governorate consisted of t ...

. Since 1908 he served as Chairman of the Nikolaev Orthodox Brotherhood in Memory of Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich; since 1910 — Trustee of the Ushakov School in the Shuysky Uyezd of the

Vladimir Governorate Vladimir Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic and the Russian SFSR, which existed in 1796–1929. History Until 1719 – Vladimirsky Uyezd of the Zamoskovny Krai with ...

; Since 1911 — trustee of the Konstantinovsky Zemstvo Primary School in the Moscow Province. Since 1912 he was honorary member of the Construction Committee for the construction of a church in memory of the 300th anniversary of the reign of the House of Romanov and member of a special committee for the establishment of a museum of 1812 in Moscow. In 1914 he was appointed member of the Romanov Committee for assisting in the care of rural orphans regardless of class or religion, as well as for the unification of government, public and private activities in this area. As of March 1, 1917, he "owned a fortune estimated at 37.9 million rubles, of which 19% was invested in shares and bonds, 28% in urban real estate and 51% in agricultural land, outbuildings and livestock". He died in Moscow in The Corner House on Vozdvizhenka Street. He was buried in the New Cemetery of the Novospassky Monastery, which had long served as the burial place of the descendants of Andrei Kobyla. Sheremetev's last words were: "I am dying with deep faith in Russia. It will be reborn.". On December 17, 2021, the Novospassky Monastery honored the memory of Count Sergei Dmitrievich Sheremetev. A memorial litiya was held in the Church of Roman the Melodist, after which the memorial plaque was consecrated.

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