Background
Philip was born on November 12, 1786, in Simbuhovo, Penza district, Penza Province, Russian Federation. He was from the nobility.
Philip was born on November 12, 1786, in Simbuhovo, Penza district, Penza Province, Russian Federation. He was from the nobility.
He was brought up in a French boarding school in Moscow.
He served in the Archives of the Collegium of Foreign Affairs in Moscow (1800-1802). Official of various departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Minister of Internal Affairs and Finance (1802-1823). One of the founders of the literary circle "Arzamas" (1815), where in 1817 he became acquainted with Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. Mason (1816). Vice-governor of Bessarabia (1824-1826), Kerch town governor (1826-1828). Director of the Department of Spiritual Affairs of Foreign Confessions (1829-1840). His collection of engraved portraits and drawings was transferred to the library of Moscow University (1853).
The author of "Notes" written after 1840 (a separate edition - Moscow, 1864-1865), which described the visits to Voronezh, where Vigel’s brother served (1801, 1804). Vigel mentions the performance "Hatred of people and remorse" performed by the "free troupe" (late 1801). A complete edition of the Notes has not been published so far (the last is Moscow, 2003), visits to Voronezh are reflected in the 1892 edition (in 1804) and in 1928 (in 1801).