Matvey Alekseevich Alexandrov

Background

Matvey Alekseevich Alexandrov was born in 1798 in Kursk, Russian Federation.

Education

Matvey Alekseevich studied at the Kursk Theological Seminary (1811-1819).

Career

After graduation from the Kursk Theological Seminary, Matvey Alekseevich became an official at the Slobodanian-Ukrainian civil governor. In 1819 he was appointed to the Department of State Property (Petersburg), since 1821 – in the provision brokerage. In 1823-1826 Matvey Alekseevich served in the Ministry of the Imperial Court, dealing with all construction and economic issues of the imperial court. Since 1827, he was the secretary of the "chief of Kamchatka". Since 1831, the Kamchatka District Commissioner; since 1833 Matvey Alekseevich was a district solicitor in Yakutsk. Since 1841 he served as a judge, first in Kansk, later in the Krasnoyarsk district court (since 1843). Until 1847, a police officer in the Kansk District Court.

Views

The world outlook of Matvey Alekseevich can be traced in his most significant work - the dramatic poem "Yakut Manchary" (1852). It was based on the "Case of Manchary", to which the poet, while serving in the Yakut court, was directly relevant. In the poem the struggle of the Yakut people against the oppression of local merchants (toyons) and Russian officials is praised. Manchary is a historical person, an acquaintance of Matvey Alekseevich, is depicted as a national hero.

Connections

Friend:

Alexander Alexandrovich Bestuzhev

Friend:

Vasily Manchaary

References

• Russian writers. 1800-1917. Biographical Dictionary. Volume 1
  1989