Background
Nikolay Ivanovich was born on January 10, 1791 in Timofeevskoye village, near Oryol, Russian Federation. He came from a noble family, was closely related to Ivan Turgenev's father, Sergey Nikolaevich Turgenev. He had two younger brothers.
Nikolay Ivanovich Krivtsov
Legion of Honour
Ekaterina Fedorovna Krivtsova née Vadkovskaya
Sergey Ivanovich Krivtsov
Pavel Ivanovich Krivtsov
Sergey Nikolaevich Turgenev
Nikolay Ivanovich was born on January 10, 1791 in Timofeevskoye village, near Oryol, Russian Federation. He came from a noble family, was closely related to Ivan Turgenev's father, Sergey Nikolaevich Turgenev. He had two younger brothers.
Nikolay Krivtsov got home education because of his poor health. Then, when he was 18, Sergey Turgenev took him to Saint Petersburg.
Since 1807 to 1813 Nikolay was a member of the military. He participated in the Great Patriotic War, 1812 (including the Battle of Borodino), foreign campaigns of the Russian army. He lost his leg in the Battle of Kulm, 1813. Since 1817 he was a member of Moscow and Saint Petersburg literary salons, was acquainted with Nikolay Karamzin, Vasily Zhukovsky, Alexander Pushkin.
In 1817 he worked as a chamberlain. In 1818-1819 Nikolay Ivanovich was Russian Embassy official in England. In 1820 he drew up a draft of serfs emancipation. He was the Governor of Tula (1823-1824), Voronezh (1824-1826) and Nizhny Novgorod (1826-1827). In 1823 he worked as a state councilor. In Voronezh Nikolay Krivtsov was actively engaged in construction: he paved streets in mountains and slopes, dug wells, constructed a boulevard in Bolshaya Dvoryanskaya Street, put up 3 fire observation towers, built an arched bridge over Bogoslovskaya Street. In 1827 he was reckoned among Senate Heraldic Department, retired from office soon and lived in Lyubichi village.
Nikolay Ivanovich Krivtsov was married, had a daughter.
Father of Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Russian novelist and short story writer.
