1814
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federateion
The Page Corps
1814
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federateion
The Page Corps
Mikhail Nazimov - memoirist, Decembrist
1886
Ethnicity:
Father was from a Georgian family, the mother said to be Georgian on her father, Serbian on her mother.
Alexander Gangeblov was born on the 1st of January 1801 in Bogodarovka village, Russian Federation. His father, Semyon Gangeblov, was a Russian military commander of the Napoleonic Wars; his mother was a nee Princess Manvelova.
Alexander began to study in Odessa, in the Volsey boarding school, which was later transformed into the Richelieu Institute. In 1814 he entered The Page Corps. In his notes, he characterizes the corps as an unsatisfactory educational institution: "Everyone studied in order not to know something, but only in order to become officers", "about the history of the Middle Ages and the history of recent times we have not heard."
Alexander Gangeblov was Praporshchik since 1821, sub-lieutenant since 1822, lieutenant of Izmailovsky regiment since 1825, and a member of a Northern Society (according to other sources - a member oа a Southern Society). On December 23, 1825, he was arrested and released from Peter and Paul Fortress on October 13, 1826, being transferred to the Caucasus, where he participated in hostilities.
Alexander Gangeblov took part in a Russian-Iranian war, Russian-Turkish war, and received awards for bravery. On June 6, 1832, he was dismissed from service with the rank of lieutenant on the condition of permanent living in a village Bogodarovka with no right of entering capitals.
His memoirs about the participation in the Decembrist movements were published in a "Russian archive" magazine in 1886.
In April 1825, Alexander Gangeblov met his friend Svistunov, with whom he studied at the Page Corps, talked with him and gave him a word to join a Secret society, without even getting a detailed explanation about the goals of the society. Since then he became a member of a Northern Society (according to other sources - a member oа a Southern Society). On December 23, 1825, Alexander Gangeblov was arrested and got into the Peter and Paul Fortress. He was released on October 13, 1826.
Quotes from others about the person
Pyotr Bartenev: "Close observation of many historical figures, a sober and benevolent way of thinking, a calm and at the same time very lively narrative, give his Memories a special price."
