Vasily Chertkov (Russian: Василий Алексеевич Чертков, 1726 — 1793) was an military and administrative Russian figure of the 18th century
| Vasily Chertkov | |
|---|---|
 Portrait by an unknown artist, 2nd half of the 18th century | |
| Governor general of Kharkov Governorate | |
| Reign | 1782 — 1787 |
| Successor | Grigory Potemkin |
| Born | 1726 |
| Died | 1793 Village of Khvoshchevatka of Voronezh Governorate |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Reign
editHe was born into the family of Alexei Chertkov (1692–1737), captain of the 1st rank, and Anna Lvova (1702–1728).[citation needed]
Vasily Chertkov entered the Land Noble Corps on February 5, 1742, and was promoted to corporal on November 12, 1747. Since 1748, he taught mathematics in the corps (from 15.8.1748 - sergeant, from 18.11.1750 - lieutenant, from 14.4.1752 - captain), from 16.11.1757 - teacher of the highest mathematical class. In 1760-1764 he supervised the publication by the printing house of the Corpus of works and translations in French and German languages.[1]
From January 5, 1761, was in active military service with the rank of major, on June 12, 1761, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. 8.5.1764 appointed commandant of the fortress of St. Elizabeth with promotion to brigadier of the Horse pikemen regiment. Also he translated the comedy “Coffee House” by Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, staged in 1770 in Elisavetgrad (today Kropyvnytskyi).[2]
In 1770-1775 - Kremenchug chief commandant, deputy chief commander of the Novorossiya Governorate. On 21.4.1771 he was promoted to major general, on 10.6.1771 he was appointed chief commander of the Dnieper fortified line (he held this position until 11.1.1776), regular and irregular regiments of the Azov Governorate, as well as chief of the Don regiment [3]
From July 27, 1775 - governor of the Azov Governorate. In 1776, at the confluence of the Kilchen and Samara rivers, on the instructions of Grigory Potemkin, given in the summer of 1775, Ekaterinoslav (today Dnipro) founded and supervised its construction.[citation needed]
28.6.1777 promoted to lieutenant general, appointed chief of the Lugansk pikemen regiment. In 1778, he moved with the provincial administration to Yekaterinoslav, completed construction, from the Belyov Fortress (now Krasnograd, Kharkov Oblast, Ukraine). In 1778 he founded Mariupol and drew up its plan with his own hands. In a report dated September 5, 1779, Chertkov informed Potemkin: "So, in the city of Mariupol has successfully started building houses".[4]
In 1782 he was appointed governor-general of the Voronezh and Kharkov Governorates.[citation needed]
In January 1790, V. A. Chertkov submitted a request to include himself and his family in the sixth part of the genealogy book, prestigious at that time; the request was granted.[citation needed]
On April 13, 1793, he retired with his salary. Died and buried in Voronezh .[5]
Literature
edit- Акиньшин А. Н., Ласунский О. Г. Воронежское дворянство в лицах и судьбах. — Воронеж, 1994. — С. 65–78. (рос.)Акиньшин А. Н. Ворнежские губернаторы и вице-губернаторы. — Воронеж, 2000. — С. 116–120.
- Дніпропетровськ: віхи історії / Авт.кол. А. Г. Болебрух, І. Г. Ковальова та інш. — Дніпропетровськ, 2001. — С. 49–53.
- Макаревский Феодосий. Материалы для историко-статистичесого описания Екатеринославской епархии: Церкви и приходы прошедшего XVIII столетия. — Екатеринослав, 1880. — С. 117, 118, 120.
- Посохов С. И., Ярмыш А. Н. Губернаторы и генерал-губернаторы. Изд. 2-е, испр. и доп. — Харьков, 1997. — С. 110–111.
- Федорченко В. Дворянские роды, прославившие отечество: энциклопедия дворянских родов. — Москва, 2001. — С. 417–418.
- Энциклопедический словарь/ Брокгауз и Эфрон. — СПб.,1903. — Т. 27-а. — С. 698–699. (рос.)Яворницкий Д. І. Історія запорозьких козаків. — К., 1990. — Т. 1. — С. 309–311.
References
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