Alexander Raevsky is a contemporary of Alexander Pushkin. But these two people disliked each other. They had feelings for one girl, and the great poet reflected his features in his poem "The Demon". Raevsky.
Biography
Raevsky Alexander Nikolaevich was born in 1795. His father was General Nikolai Nikolaevich Raevsky - a hero of the war of 1812, a commander, a famous military man. And his grandmother, Sofya Alekseevna Raevskaya, is the granddaughter of Mikhailo Lomonosov. Alexander was the eldest son in the family. He received a decent education at a boarding school for boys, which was formed at Moscow University. Male children from wealthy noble families studied here.
Military career
Alexander Raevsky began serving in 1810 in the Simbirsk grenadier regiment.
When the Patriotic War began in 1812, Alexander Nikolaevich served in the 5th Jaeger Regiment. Raevsky Jr. was 23 years old when he was already awarded the rank of colonel. Then he served in the Caucasus, and at the age of 29 he was fired.
Insurrection
At the end of 1825, the famous Decembrist Uprising took place. Then there was an attempt at a coup d'état. But the uprising was suppressed, many of the participants were arrested. Alexander Raevsky and his brother were also called to account.
It is believed that Alexander stood firm during interrogation with the sovereign, claiming that he had no idea about the secret society. Then the emperor reminded Alexander Nikolayevich of the oath he had given, to which he replied that honor for him was in the first place, and the oath was in second.
But some contemporaries doubted this information. They said that Alexander Nikolaevich was cynical, vindictively vicious, he did not have such a "chivalry". He considered the Decembrists to be scoundrels who violated the oath and honor. This opinion was shared by N. I. Lorer. He also argued that Raevsky could not say to the sovereign what would have infuriated the emperor. And after such an act, Nicholas II would hardly have conferred the rank of chamberlain on Alexander Nikolaevich.
Lorer recalled that Nikolai Raevsky told him about it. He said that during a conversation with the sovereign, one brother's glasses moved to the tip of his nose. Then the emperor said that the criminals could not look at their sovereign like that, and he declares them innocent.
But not all members of the Raevsky family got off so lightly. The husband of Alexander's sister, Prince Volkonsky, was exiled to Siberia. Then the brother made every effort so that Sister Maria did not find out about this and did not follow her husband. But when this news finally reached her faithful wife, Maria Volkonskaya gathered in one day and went to fetch her husband.
Personal life
Alexander Raevsky was in love with Elizaveta Vorontsova, just like Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin.
After the outbreak of the scandal, Raevsky was exiled to Poltava. When everything began to be forgotten, in 1834 he married Ekaterina Petrovna Kindyakova. But the wealthy heiress died a few days after giving birth.
Alexander Nikolaevich doted on his daughter Sasha. But the girl was destined for the fate of her mother. When Alexandra got married, she also died during childbirth.
And Alexander Nikolaevich Raevsky passed away in 1868 in France. He was buried here in Nice.
