Trubetskoy biography

In Soviet times, the opinion was that the failed “dictator” of the Decembrists simply chopped it, having betrayed like -minded people, and this destroyed the uprising. However, a number of sources say that the Decembrists, although they could not explain the actions of Trubetskoy, subsequently treated him with their former love and respect. The prince himself only noted that a lot of slander "fell upon him, but he does not want to make excuses." Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy was born on August 29 on September 9 in Nizhny Novgorod.

He came from the family of the princes of Trubetskoy, his great-grandfather was Field Marshal Nikita Yuryevich Trubetskoy. Having received a good home education, Seryozha attended lectures at Moscow University, while continuing to study mathematics and fortification at home. Later he continued his education in France. In the year, Trubetskoy began serving in the Life Guards of the Semenovsky regiment, took part in the Patriotic War of the year and foreign campaigns, where he managed to show his courage.

Returning to Russia, the prince entered the Masonic box of the "three virtues." Later, Sergei Trubetskoy became one of the founders of the Union of Salvation and the Union of Welfare - the first secret societies of the Decembrists. The project of the second part of the Charter of the Union of Welfare, created by the prince, did not meet the approval of its like -minded people and was destroyed.

At the end of the year, Trubetskoy becomes one of the chairmen of Northern Society. Trubetskoy's views were distinguished by moderation. In his opinion, for Russia the best option was the constitutional monarchy. After the arrival of Pavel Pestel, who headed the “Southern Society” to St. Petersburg, convinced Prince Obolensky to admit the need for republican rule, Trubetskoy proved that the institution of the republic was possible only after the destruction of the imperial surname, and this would terrify the public and the people.

Under the pressure of Kondratia Ryleyev, the prince on behalf of the Northern Society agrees to participate in a joint performance. Initially, it was scheduled for the summer of the year. However, after the death of Alexander I, the Decembrists decided that it was necessary to act immediately, and Trubetskoy was appointed by the dictator of the uprising. According to a number of researchers, the alleged leader did not come to Senate Square, anticipating failure - the prince believed that the uprising was poorly prepared.

They arrested Trubetskoy the next day, December 27, immediately delivering for interrogation to Nicholas I, who personally followed the progress of the investigation. First, the court sentenced the prince to the death penalty, but later it was replaced by eternal hard labor. After some time, the term was reduced to twenty years. Following Sergey Trubetskoy, the eldest daughter of Count Laval, who married the prince married a year, went to the Nerchinsky mines.

Ekaterina Ivanovna Trubetskoy, in order to follow her husband, received permission with the emperor, becoming the first of the wives of the Decembrists to leave for Siberia. The firstborn of the Trubetskiy was the daughter of Alexander, who was born in Chita in the year. Later, the spouses will have four more daughters and three sons, but half of the children died in infancy. Ekaterina Ivanovna herself died in the year.

After thirteen years of hard labor, the prince was forced to earn a living on his own, doing economics in the village of Ok near Irkutsk. In addition to breeding vegetables and growing livestock, the Decembrist continued to study the Greek language, and also devoted time to the works on medicine and meteorology, and began to write memoirs. His memories will be published only in the year.

In the year, when Sergei Trubetskoy received freedom, he was restored as a nobleman, but without a princely title.

He could not go to Moscow, so he left for Kyiv, where then one of his daughters lived. Until the end of his life, the prince tried to conduct active activity, maintaining contact with friends, traveling around Russia and restoring the notes that had to be destroyed in the settlement. Prince Sergey Petrovich Trubetskoy died on November 22 on December 2, in Moscow, was buried in the cemetery of the Novodevichy Monastery.

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