Pyotr Andreyevich Gabbe was born in 1796 in Saint Petersburg City, Russian Federation. He was one of the four sons of college adviser Andrei Gabbe. However, there was a rumor about a higher origin of Pyotr Andreyevich. From early childhood, Pyotr was under the special patronage of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, who called him "his Petrusha"|; he was also known and carried by the Empress Maria Fyodorovna in her arms.
In 1805, Pyotr Andreyevich entered the first cadet corps of Saint Petersburg.
In 1812, Pyotr Andreyevich was promoted to ensign. He took part in the Patriotic War of 1812. Since June 1813 Pyotr Andreyevich was transferred to the Life Guards of the Lithuanian Regiment. Participated in foreign campaigns of the Russian army.
With the rank of headquarters captain, Pyotr Andreyevich commanded the 5th musketeer company. In his moral qualities, intelligence and education, he occupied an outstanding position among the regimental comrades who respected him for his courage and noble way of thinking. In 1826, Pyotr Andreyevich resigned.
Like father and brothers, Gabbe was a freemason. Together with co-workers N. Pushchin and N. Veritin, he headed the collective officers ’speeches against the army, which in the autumn of 1821 resulted in an open conflict between officers and Grand Duke Konstantin. He was noticed in relations with the Decembrists.
Like father and brothers, Pyotr Andreyevich was a freemason. Together with co-workers N. Pushchin and N. Veritin, he headed the collective officers ’speeches against the army, which in the autumn of 1821 resulted in an open conflict between officers and Grand Duke Konstantin. He was noticed in relations with the Decembrists.
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In 1833, Pyotr Andreyevich was diagnosed with a serious mental disorder and he was sent to the city of Nikolaev. At the request of Lev Alexandrovich Naryshkin and Count Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Emperor Nicholas I allowed Gabbe to go abroad "so as not to continue to enter Russia under his own name or under another name." The fate of Pyotr Andreyevich Gabbe is unknown.
Prince Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky (23 July 1792 - 22 November 1878) was a leading personality of the Golden Age of Russian poetry.
