Background
Alexander Vasilchakov was born on October 27, 1818, in Saint Petersburg City, Russian Federation. He was the son of General I.V. Vasilchikov, chairmen of the State Council and the Committee of Ministers.
Alexander Vasilchakov was born on October 27, 1818, in Saint Petersburg City, Russian Federation. He was the son of General I.V. Vasilchikov, chairmen of the State Council and the Committee of Ministers.
Alexander Vasilchakov graduated from the Law Faculty of Saint Petersburg University in 1839.
As an official of the II Department of the Chancellery (1839-1847), in 1840-1841 Alexander Vasilchakov was a member of the commission on the introduction of a new administrative structure in the Caucasus. In Stavropol and Pyatigorsk he contacted M.Yu. Lermontov. Alexander Vasilchakov was a second in the last duel of the poet, forgiven "In consideration of the merits of his father". The role of Vasilchakov in this duel caused divergent opinions.
In 1846-1866 Alexander Vasilchakov was the master of the court ceremonies. At the same time preferring social activities to a career, he held the posts of the county and provincial leader of the nobility, a member of the provincial on peasant affairs presence (1861-1862) in Novgorod. Since 1866, retired "for domestic reasons".
In 1866-1872 Alexander Vasilchakov was the member of the county in Staraya Russa and the governor of the zemstvo assembly. In 1876-1878 he became a chairman of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Slavic Committee.
A prominent zemstvo leader, Alexander Vasilchakov published a number of journalistic works: On Self-Government, Zemstvo Obligation in Russia, Letter to the Minister of Public Education Tolstoy (Berlin, 1875), Land tenure and agriculture in Russia and other European countries, Rural life and agriculture in Russia and others. Their main ideas are the fundamental features of Russian citizenship and economic life - the predominance of land ownership over the personal, and secular land ownership over the private; people's participation in local self-government contributes to their mental and moral development; it is necessary to smooth social contrasts, hindering the excessive development of large land ownership and the emergence of poor peasants; regular statistical study of rural life is necessary.
Prince Illarion Vasilievich Vasilchikov (1776 - 5 (17) March 1847, Saint Petersburg) was a favorite of Nicholas I, general of the cavalry, chairman of the Committee of Ministers and the State Council (1838-1847), founder of the princely branch of the Vasilchikovs.
Vera Petrovna Vasilchikova (nee Protasova; 1780 - October 2, 1814) - maid of honor, the first wife of General Illarion Vasilievich Vasilchikov. Cavalier Lady of the Order of St. Catherine (1814).
Prince Boris Aleksandrovich Vasilchikov (May 19 (31), 1860, Vybity estate, Novgorod province - May 13, 1931, Menton) - Russian public and statesman, member of the State Council, stalmeister (1903), memoirist.
