Aleksei Ignatiev

Summary

Count Alexei Pavlovich Ignatiev (Russian: граф Алексей Павлович Игнатьев) was a Russian political figure. His brother Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev was Chairman of the Committee of Ministers between 1872 and 1880.

Count Alexei Ignatiev
6th General-Governor of Eastern Siberia
In office
1885–1889
Preceded byDmitriy Anuchin
General-Governor of Kiev, Podolsk and Volyn
In office
1889–1896
Personal details
BornMay 22, 1842
DiedDecember 9, 1906
Tver
SpouseCountess Sophia Ignatyeva
ChildrenCount Alexey Ignatyev
Count Pavel Ignatyev
Olga Ignatyeva
Sergey Ignatyev

On December 14, 1905, the New York Times reported rumors, circulating in St. Petersburg, that he was arrested on suspicion of fomenting rebellion against the czar.[1]

Ignatiev was shot to death by members of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party in 1906.[2]

Main military offices edit

  • Commander of the 2nd Her Majesty Courland Leib Uhlan Regiment (from 1871)
  • Commander of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Guards Division (from 1874)
  • Major-General (from 1875)
  • Head of the Guards Corps Staff (from 1881)
  • Cavalry General (from 1896)

References edit

  1. ^ "Planned to Depose Czar?; Rumor in St. Petersburg That Ignatieff Has Been Arrested". New York Times. December 14, 1905.
  2. ^ "Count Ignatieff Slain By Russian Workman". New York Times. December 23, 1906.
  • (in Russian) Архивы России. Летопись событий. Выставки