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Prince Sergei Petrovich Trubestkoy (
29 August 1790 –
22 November 1860) was one of the organizers of the
Decembrist movement. Close to
Nikita Mikhailovich Muravyov in his views, he was declared the group's
leader on the eve of the
December 26 uprising in
1825 but failed to appear, and instead sought refuge in the Austrian embassy.
Early years
Trubetskoy was born in the noble
Trubetskoy family. He received home education, since 1806 he was attending lectures in the
Moscow University. In 1808 he entered
Leib Guards Semyonovsky regiment. As a military, he participated in all significant battles of
Sixth Coalition campaign in 1812-1814 including
battle of Borodino,
battle of Maloyaroslavets,
Battle of Lützen,
battle of Bautzen and
battle of Kulm and received many
orders. In the
battle of Leipzig he was badly wounded. After the war he continued military service and in 1821 he was promoted to
Colonel.
Decembrists
After the war Trubetskoy became a
Freemason, member of the Lodge of the Three Virtues. He was among the founders of the first proto-Decembrists societies - the Union of Salvation (1816) and later the Union of Prosperity (1819). The aim of the two unions which were largely based on masonry was gradual improvement of the
Russian Empire. However, it hasn't included yet future tenets of the Decembrists, namely complete abolishment of the
serfdom, introduction of constitution and constitutionally secured liberties, abolishment of privileges of upper
estates of the realm. In 1819 Trubetskoy had to go abroad for treatment. When he returned in 1821 he found out that the Union had already ceased to exist. Trubetskoy was one of the founders and leaders of the Northern Society. Unlike some other Decembrists who adhered to revolution, execution of the tsar and establishment of
republic (eg.
Ryleev and
Pestel), Trubestkoy advocated
Constitutional monarchy. He was elected "dictator" but he didn't come to the
Senate Square, most probably because he was sure that the revolt was bound to fail. He was arrested the next day at the apartments of envoy of
Austria-Hungary Lebzeltern who was his relative.
Katorga and exile
Trubetskoy was sentenced to death but the sentence was changed to
katorga for life in
Nerchinsk coal mines. Trubetskoy's wife Ekaterina Laval went to exile with him. Her feat (she voluntarily renounced all wealth and privileges and subjected herself to hard life in katorga) was subject of famous poem by
Nekrasov. In 1839 he was allowed to live in exile in
Irkutsk guberniya. In 1854 his wife died . In 1856 he along with other survived Decembrists was granted
amnesty, given back his title and was able to return to Moscow. He wrote
memoires which were published for the first time in 1863 by
Alexander Herzen in
London.
Family
Mother
» Daria Alexandrovna Bagration of Georgia (+
1796)
Father
» Pyotr Sergeyevich Troubetzkoy (
14 July 1760 –
19 February 1817); 2nd
marriage:
Marfa Petrovna Kromin
Wife
» Ekaterina Ivanovna Laval (
1800 -
14 October 1854 Irkutsk; m.
16 May 1821),
Countess, daughter of Count
Jean Charles Francois de Laval de la Loubrerie by
Aleksandra Kozicka
Brothers
» Alexander Petrovich Troubetzkoy (
18 August 1792 –
12 April 1853),
colonel; m.1816 Louise Rosciczewski (+1881)
Pyotr Petrovich Troubetzkoy (
23 August 1793 –
13 August 1840), member of the
Decembrist society; 1m:
Elisaveta Nikolaievna Bakhmetev (+
1825); 2m: Princess
Kleopatra Konstantinovna Ghika » Pavel Petrovich Troubetzkoy (
16 January 1795 -
1802)
Nikita Petrovich Troubetzkoy (
6 August 1804 –
30 January 1855/1886),
ceremonimeister; 1m: September
1825 Alexandra Alexandrovna Nelidov (
7 January 1807 -
10 December 1886), daughter of
Aleksandr Ivanovich Nelidov by Countess
Anna Raczynska; 2m:
Elisaveta Nikolaevna Koltovskaya (
24 April 1823 -
1 July 1906)
Sister
» Elisaveta Petrovna Troubetzkaya (1794 - after
1870); 1m: Count
Sergey Pavlovich Potyomkin (
25 December 1787 -
25 February 1858); 2m:
1859 Leonid Ivanovich Podchyaskov (
1794 -
1879)
Son
» Ivan Sergeyevich Troubetzkoy (
13 May 1843 Chita –
17 March 1874 Moscow); m.
21 April 1865
Princess Vera Sergeievna Obolensky (
27 March 1846 -
1 August 1934)
Daughters
» Alexandra Sergeyevna Troubetzkaya (
5 February 1830 -
30 July 1860); m.
31 January 1852
Count Nicholas von Rehbinder (
1810 -
1865)
Elisaveta Sergeyevna Troubetzkaya (
16 January 1834 - February
1918); m.
9 January 1852 Pyotr Vasilievich Davydov (
27 June 1825 -
22 November 1912)
» Zenaida Sergeyevna Troubetzkaya (
6 May 1837 -
11 June 1924); m.
Nikolay Dmitrievich Sverbeev (
27 August 1829 - 1860)
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