Ivan Chernyshyov
Count Ivan Grigoryevich Chernyshyov (1726 – 1797;
Life and career
He started his career serving under his more illustrious brother
All three Chernyshov brothers backed Catherine in the coup that placed her on the Russian throne in 1762, after the assassination of her husband, Peter III.[1] They were handsomely rewarded for their loyalty.[2]
Catherine II first appointed Ivan Chernyshov to serve in the
Family
Two of the Field Marshal’s grandchildren were tied to the Decembrist plot to overthrow Tsar Nicholas I in 1825.[7] His grandson, Zakhar Grigoryevich Chernyshov, was an active participant in the uprising.[8] Zakhar’s sister, Alexandra ("Alexandrine") Chernysheva, was married to the author of the Decembrist constitution, Nikita Muravyov.[9][10]
Chernyshov's niece, Natalya Petrovna Galitzine, better known at the Russian court as "
Footnotes
- ^ Dashkova, Ekaterina and FitzLyon, Kyril. The memoirs of Princess Dashkova, page 304. Durham: Duke University Press, 1995,
- ^ Dashkova, Ekaterina and FitzLyon, Kyril. The memoirs of Princess Dashkova, page 304. Durham: Duke University Press, 1995,
- ^ Solovyev, Sergei and Hill, William H. The Rule of Catherine the Great: The Legislative Commission (1767-1768) and Foreign Affairs (1766-1768), page 191. Academic International Press, 1986
- ^ Hayden, Peter. Russian Parks and Gardens, page 166. Frances Lincoln Ltd., 2006
- ^ Longley, David. The Longman Companion to Imperial Russia, 1689-1917, page 37. Longman, 2000
- ^ Wieczynski, Joseph L. The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History, page 18. Academic International Press, 1976
- ^ Sutherland, Christine. The Princess of Siberia: The Story of Maria Volkonsky and the Decembrist Exiles New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984
- ^ Murrell, Kathleen Berton. Discovering the Moscow Countryside, page 335. I.B.Tauris, 2001
- ^ Murrell, Kathleen Berton. Discovering the Moscow Countryside, page 335. I.B.Tauris, 2001
- ^ Sutherland, Christine. The Princess of Siberia: The Story of Maria Volkonsky and the Decembrist Exiles New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984
- ^ Binyon, T.J. Pushkin: A Biography, page 699. New York: Harper Collins, 2002
