Mountain Cadet Corps
the second cadet artillery corp
Mountain Cadet Corps
Gavriil (Gavrila) Romanovich Derzhavin
Alexander Radishchev. Earlier than 1790. By unknown author
Andrei Petrovich Brezhinskiy was born on about 1777 in Volynka village, Chernihivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine. He had noble roots. His father was a governor of a nearby town. His mother, Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanovskaya, was the daughter of a military man. Andrei Petrovich was the fourth child of his parents, who in their marriage had eight sons and three daughters.
In 1785-1795 Andrei Petrovich was a student of the second cadet artillery corps (located in Saint Petersburg). After graduation, in the rank of ensign was sent to the Siberian Dragoon Regiment.
In 1795 Andrei Petrovich joined the Siberian Dragoon Regiment, where he served as adjutant to General Gorchakov. After his resignation in 1799, he returned to Saint Petersburg, deciding to devote himself to literature.
In 1801-1803 Andrei Petrovich worked for the Commission on the drafting of laws. In the period from 1804 to 1808, he relocated to Rundāle Palace (modern Latvia), Courland, following in exile P. Zubov, there he served as a librarian.
Since 1806 Andrei Petrovich had been focusing on teaching: he taught literature in the Mountain Cadet Corps and wrote his textbook of Russian grammar. After serving in the Expedition of the Astrakhan Salt Fields of the Ministry of Finance in 1815-1817, he resigned with the rank of court councillor.
Andrei Petrovich Brezhinsky's support for the monarchy is evident in his literary works: in 1801, he reacted to the death of Paul I with an epistle to P. Zubov, one of the organizers of the assassination of the emperor. The poet also dedicated the ode to the coronation of Alexander I. In 1826, to the coronation of Nicholas I, he presented the poem The triumph of the Crowned: The bliss of subjects and Glory of the Russian Empire.
Little is known about Andrei Petrovich Brezhinsky’s personal life. He was a sociable person, who knew the value of useful acquaintances (his close circle included Alexander Radishchev, and Gavrila Derzhavin and many other famous people of that era). The catholicity of Brezhinsky helped him to have friends among people of completely different spheres. It is known that he maintained relations with some of his fellows until his very death, which he met kept by an unknown benefactor.
Quotes from others about the person
Dmitry Ivanovich Khvostov: "Brezhinsky practiced with success in a lyric poem, placing for the most of his works the pictures, portraying the horrors of nature that are characteristic of this region".
Gavriil (Gavrila) Romanovich Derzhavin was one of the most highly esteemed Russian poets before Alexander Pushkin, as well as a statesman.
Alexander Nikolayevich Radishchev (31 August 1749 - 24 September 1802) was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under Catherine the Great.
