Count Vassili Aleksandrovich Hendrikov (11 July 1857 – 17 March 1912) was a Russian noble leader of the district of

Volchansk Volchansk (russian: Волча́нск) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Karpinsk in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volchanka River (a right tributary of the Sosva in the Ob's basin), north of Yekater ...

. He was also the chief master of ceremonies from the Hendrikov family.

Biography

Hendrikov was born into the family of inspector of state stud farms, Alexander Ivanovich Hendrikov (1806 – 1881) and his second wife, Evdokia Vasilievna Gudovich (1822–1901). In 1870 he was assigned to the

Page Corps The Page Corps (russian: Пажеский корпус; french: Corps des Pages) was a military academy in Imperial Russia, which prepared sons of the nobility and of senior officers for military service. Similarly, the Imperial School of Jurisprud ...

as an external student. In 1874, he was transferred to a junior special class. On 10 August 1876, he was released from the chamber pages as a cornet to the Cavalry Regiment. In 1880 he was promoted to lieutenant. On 21 August 1881, Hendrikov was awarded the "1 March 1881" medal for assisting

Alexander II of Russia Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Poland and Gra ...

before he was assassinated. Hendrikov, who happened to be passing by at the moment of the first explosion, ran to help the Emperor. After the second bomb exploded, Hendrikov supported the fallen emperor and helped carry him to safety. On 8 September 1883, he enlisted in the reserve of the guards' cavalry. On 16 April 1884, he was dismissed from the reserve with the rank of staff captain. On 6 May of the same year, he was granted the position of chamberlain. In 1885, he was elected marshal of the nobility for the Volchansk district, and re-elected in 1888. In 1889, he was awarded the title of 'master of ceremonies' on his retirement. On 24 March 1896, he was awarded the title of court chamberlain, and appointed to serve under Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. On 12 January 1900, he was awarded the rank of master of ceremonies. He died on 17 March 1912 from a haemorrhage and was buried in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

Marriage and issue

In 1882 he married lady-in-waiting Sophia Petrovna (1859 – 1916), daughter of Prince Pyotr Dmitrievich Gagarin and Countess Anastasia Alexandrovna-Stenbock-Fermor. They had four children: * Peter (1883–1942), the last Oryol governor. * Alexandra (1884–1919), married an officer of the Guards, Andrei Nikolaevich Balashov (1874–1916) * Alexander (1885–1962). *

Anastasia Anastasia (from el, Ἀναστασία, translit=Anastasía) is a feminine given name of Greek origin, derived from the Greek word (), meaning "resurrection". It is a popular name in Eastern Europe, particularly in Russia, where it was the most ...

(1888–1918), lady-in-waiting to Empress Alexandra, was shot by the Bolsheviks and later canonised by the Russian Orthodox Church.

References

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