- Source: Stepan Nikitich Begichev
Stepan Nikitich Begichev (Russian: Бегичев, Степан Никитич) (22 July 1785 – 3 September 1859) was a Russian Empire colonel and memoirist, brother of Dmitry Begichev and Yablochkova Elizaveta
Family
Father - Captain Nikita Begichev
Mother - Alexandra Kologrivova
Brother - Dmitry Nikitich Begichev (b. 09/17/1786 - d. 11/12/1855), writer
Sister - Elizaveta Nikitichna Begicheva (Yablochkova) (b. 1771 - d.1843), writer, grandmother of Pavel Yablochkov inventor of Yablochkov candle electric carbon arc lamp
Friends/connections
While living in Moscow, his house was visited by his close friends such as Prince Vladimir Odoyevsky (philosopher, writer, music critic), Denis Davydov (soldier-poet), Wilhelm Küchelbecker (Romantic poet), Alexey Verstovsky (composer) and Alexander Griboyedov (writer). In 1819 he had 175 'souls' assigned to his properties. Member of the Military Society (possibly saving the Union) and the Union of Welfare. He was buried in village Yekaterininskaya of Epifanskie County of Tula Oblast.
= First wife
=Anna Baryshnikova - married 29 April 1823
Children
Nikita (b. 1827)
Nadezhda (b. 28 July 1828 – d. 1848) (Goddaughter of Alexander Griboyedov)
Yekaterina (b. 1829 - d.) in a marriage Tilicheeva
Ivan (b. 1831 - d.)
Dmitry (b. 1832 - d.)
Maria (b. 1833 - d. 1918)
= Second wife
=Maria Ivanovna Lelu (French governess) - Married 1844
Military career
18 November 1795—Enrolled into Page Corps
8 February 1802 -- Cornet of Alexandria Hussars
21 August 1802—Transferred into Olonetsky Musketeer Regiment as an ensign
21 September 1803 -- Dismissed
1807—Joined the Tula Police Force
13 January 1813—Re-enrolled as a Cornet & was appointed as an adjutant to his relative, General Alexey S Kologrivov
21 May 1813—Transferred to the Cavalry Regiment in the same rank of Cornet
1814—Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
26 January 1817—Deployed to the front
13 March 1818—Staff-Captain
13 March 1819—Captain
9 July 1819—Colonel of Tiraspol Horse-Jaeger Regiment
15 September 1825—Retired as Colonel