Balthasar von Campenhausen
Baron Balthasar von Campenhausen | |
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| Governor of Taganrog | |
| In office 1805–1809 | |
| Preceded by | Apollon Dashkov |
| Succeeded by | Pyotr Papkov |
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| Born | 5 January 1772 Lenzenhof, Livonia, Russian Empire |
| Died | 11 September 1823 (aged 51) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Baron Balthasar von Campenhausen (
Privy Councilor and Chamberlain in the Russian Empire
.
Personal life
Family
and Russian sovereigns.
Education
He studied in the universities of Leipzig, Wittenberg and Göttingen that he graduated with a thesis Entwürfe zu physikalischen Völker-, Religions— und Kulturkarten des russischen Reiches at the Royal Scientific Society.
Career
Balthasar Campenhausen served as ambassador to
Persia
.
In 1805, Balthasar von Campenhausen was appointed
Azov Seas; inaugurated the navigation school, the commercial gymnasium and the commercial court; opened the first drugstore and introduced the posts of the city doctor and city midwife; opened the construction and building committee that planned the future city architectural development; introduced oil lighting in the streets; started the paving and greening of the streets; in April 1806 founded the City Park. Two streets in Taganrog
were later named after Campenhausen: Bolshoy Campenhausenskiy (now: Comsomolskiy) and Malo-Campenhausenskiy (now: Spartakovskiy).
In 1809, Campenhausen was named the State Treasurer, Privy Councilor in 1810, member of the State Council and senator in 1811, and Minister of Internal Affairs in 1823. He died in Saint Petersburg in 1823.
Bibliography
- Versuch einer geographisch-statistischen Beschreibung der Statthalterschaften des russischen Reichs. I. Statthalterschaft Olouez (Göttingen, 1792);
- Elemente des russischen Staatsrechts, oder Hauptzüge der Grundverfassung des russischen Kaiserthums (Göttingen, 1792);
- Auswahl topographischer Merkwürdigkeiten des St. Peterburgischen Gouvernements (Riga, 1797);
- Liefländisches Magazin, oder Sammlung publicistisch-statistischer Materialien zur Kenntniss der Verfassung und Statistik von Liefland (Gota, 1803);
- Genealogisch-chronologische Geschichte des allerdurchlauchtigsten Hauses Romanow und seines vorälterlichen Stammhauses (Leipzig, 1805).
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