Fyodor Rostopchin
Moscow Governor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilyevich and the family name is Rostopchin.
Count Fyodor Vasilyevich Rostopchin (Russian: Фёдор Васильевич Ростопчин) (23 March [O.S. 12 March] 1763 – 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1826) was a Russian statesman and General of the Infantry who served as the Governor-General of Moscow during the French invasion of Russia. He was disgraced shortly after the Congress of Vienna, to which he had accompanied Tsar Alexander I. He appears as a character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace, in which he is presented very unfavorably.
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Fyodor Rostopchin | |
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Governor-General of Moscow | |
In office 24 May [O.S. 12 May] 1812 – 11 September [O.S. 30 August] 1814 | |
Preceded by | Ivan Gudovich |
Succeeded by | Alexander Tormasov |
President of the Collegium of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 17 April [O.S. 6 April] 1799 – 4 March [O.S. 20 February] 1801 | |
Preceded by | Alexander Bezborodko |
Succeeded by | Nikita Panin |
Personal details | |
Born | Fyodor Vasilievich Rostopchin (1763-03-23)23 March 1763 Kosmodemyanskoe village, Livensky uezd, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 30 January 1826(1826-01-30) (aged 62) Moscow, Russian Empire |
Citizenship | Russia |
Nationality | Russian |
Spouse | Yekaterina Rostopchina |
Children | 8 |
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