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Rostopchin or Rostopchina is the name of: * Fyodor Rostopchin (1763–1826), Russian statesman * Catherine Rostopchin (1776–1859), Russian writer, wife of Fyodor * Countess of Ségur (née Countess Sofiya Fyodorovna Rostopchina; 1799-1874), French writer of Russian birth, daughter of Fyodor * Yevdokiya Rostopchina (1811–1858), Russian poet, daughter-in-law of Fyodor See also * Rostopschin, a bonus in tarock games {{surname fr:Rostoptchine ru:Ростопчины ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyodor Rostopchin
Count Fyodor Vasilyevich Rostopchin (russian: Фёдор Васильевич Ростопчин) ( – ) 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. Biography Rostopchin was born in the Kosmodemyanskoe village (modern-day Livensky District, Oryol Oblast of Russia) into a Russian noble family, the son of Vasily Fyodorovich Rostopchin (1733–1802), a landlord and former army major, and Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Rostopchina (née Kryukova) who died shortly after giving birth to his younger brother Peter. Rostopchin's date and place of birth, as well as his family roots are still questioned by biographers. While the date 12 March 1763 is written on his tombstone, other sources, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Rostopchin
Countess Yekaterina Petrovna Rostopchina (russian: Екатерина Петровна Ростопчина; 1776 – 14 September 1859) was a Russian aristocrat and writer. She was married to Fyodor Rostopchin, who served as governor of Moscow during the French Invasion of Russia. Early life Yekaterina was the second of five daughters born to Senator Lieutenant General Pyotr S. Protasov (d. 1794) and his wife Alexandra Ivanovna (d. 1782). She had four sisters: *Alexandra Petrovna (1774–1842), married Prince Alexei Golitsyn *Varvara Petrovna, died unmarried *Vera Petrovna (1780–1814), married Hilarion Vasilyevich Vasilchikov *Anna Petrovna, married Count Bartholomew Vasilyevich Tolstoy Yekaterina and her sisters were orphaned at an early age. They were raised by their aunt, Anna Stepanovna Protasova, who was a lady-in-waiting and a personal friend of Empress Catherine the Great. Protasova ensured that her nieces received an excellent education, most notably in foreign langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countess Of Ségur
Sophie Rostopchine, Countess of Ségur, born Sofiya Feodorovna Rostopchina (russian: Софья Фёдоровна Ростопчина; 1 August 1799 in Saint Petersburg – 8 February 1874 in Paris), was a French writer of Russian birth and origin. She is best known today for her novel ''Les Malheurs de Sophie'' (Sophie's misfortunes), intended for children. Life Her father Count Fyodor Rostopchin was lieutenant-general and, later, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia. In 1812, he was governor of Moscow during the invasion of the Grande Armée under Napoleon I of France. While facts concerning the origin of the great fire of Moscow are disputed by historians, Sophie Rostopchine's father has been said by some to have organized (despite opposition from the wealthy property-owners in the city) the great fire which forced Napoleon to make a disastrous retreat. In 1814 the Rostopchine family left Imperial Russia for exile, going first to the Duchy of Warsaw, then to the German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevdokiya Rostopchina
Evdokiya Petrovna Rostopchina (; December 23, 1811 – December 3, 1858) was one of the early Russian women poets. Biography After losing her mother at the age of six, Evdokiya Sushkova grew up in Moscow in the family of her maternal grandfather, Ivan Alexandrovich Pashkov. The young girl was very fond of reading and quickly learned German, French, Italian and English. In 1831 her friend Pyotr Vyazemsky published her first poem, "Talisman", in his almanac "Severnye Tsvety" ( Northern Flowers). In 1833 she married count Andrey Fedorovich Rostopchin, a rich son of the former Moscow commander-in-chief, Fyodor Rostopchin. In 1836 the family moved to Petersburg, where the countess was well received in the high intellectual society of the capital. Her literary work was supported by such poets as Lermontov, Pushkin, Zhukovsky. Ogarev, Mey, and Tyutchev devoted their poems to her. Her popular literary salon hosted such famous guests of its literary salon were Vyazemsky, Gogol, Myatl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
