Stepan Nikitich Begichev

Stepan Nikitich Begichev (Russian: Бегичев, Степан Никитич; 22 July 1785 – 3 September 1859) was a Russian colonel and memoirist.

Stepan Nikitich Begichev
Native name	Степан Никитич Бегичев
Born	(1785-07-22)22 July 1785 Yepifansky Uyezd, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	3 September 1859(1859-09-03) (aged 74)
Allegiance	Russia
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1795–1825
Rank	Colonel

Family

His father was Captain Nikita Begichev and his mother was Alexandra Kologrivova. He had one brother, writer Dmitry Nikitich Begichev (b. 09/17/1786 - d. 11/12/1855) and one sister, Elizaveta Nikitichna Begicheva (Yablochkova) (b. 1771 - d.1843). She was a writer, and grandmother of Pavel Yablochkov, inventor of the Yablochkov candle electric carbon arc lamp

He married Anna Baryshnikova on 29 April 1823. They had 6 children: Nikita (b. 1827), Nadezhda (b. 28 July 1828 – d. 1848) (Goddaughter of Alexander Griboyedov), Yekaterina (b. 1829 - d.) in a marriage Tilicheeva, Ivan (b. 1831), Dmitry (b. 1832), and Maria (b. 1833 - d. 1918).

He married Maria Ivanovna Lelu (French governess) in 1844.

Military career

• 18 November 1795—Enrolled into Page Corps
• 8 February 1802 -- Cornet of Alexandria Hussars
• 21 August 1802—Transferred into Olonetsky Musketeer Regiment as an ensign
• 21 September 1803 -- Dismissed
• 1807—Joined the Tula Police Force
• 13 January 1813—Re-enrolled as a Cornet & was appointed as an adjutant to his relative, General Alexey S Kologrivov
• 21 May 1813—Transferred to the Cavalry Regiment in the same rank of Cornet
• 1814—Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
• 26 January 1817—Deployed to the front
• 13 March 1818—Staff-Captain
• 13 March 1819—Captain
• 9 July 1819—Colonel of Tiraspol Horse-Jaeger Regiment
• 15 September 1825—Retired as Colonel^[1]

Friends/connections

While living in Moscow, his house was visited by close friends, including Prince Vladimir Odoyevsky (philosopher, writer, music critic), Denis Davydov (soldier-poet), Wilhelm Küchelbecker (Romantic poet), Alexey Verstovsky (composer) and Alexander Griboyedov (writer). In 1819 he had 175 'souls' assigned to his properties. He was a member of the Military Society (possibly saving the Union) and the Union of Welfare. He was buried in village Yekaterininskaya of Epifanskie County of Tula Oblast.