Aleksey Obolensky

Prince Alexey Vasilyevich Obolensky (1819–1884) was an Artillery General, head of the Moscow Governorate in 1861–1866. Representative of the princely family Obolensky. Biography Born June 4, 1819 in the family of Major General Vasily Obolensky and Ekaterina Musina–Pushkina. Having received an excellent education at home and at the Physics and Mathematics Department of Moscow University, Prince Alexey Obolensky passed the officer's exam at the Mikhailovsky Artillery School in 1838. In the same year, on April 8, he entered military service as a Fireworker of the 4th Class of the Life Guards of the 1st Artillery Brigade in the No. 1 Light Battery. Two years later he was promoted to warrant officer with a transfer from the 1st to the 2nd Battery, and three years later he was transferred to the same rank in the Life Guards Horse Artillery. On October 10 of the same year, he was promoted to second lieutenant, and on December 6, 1846 to lieutenant. The following year, Prince Alexey Vasilyevich was appointed adjutant to the Head of the Guards Artillery Sumarokov, but he stayed in this position for only a few months. On April 10, 1848, Prince Obolensky was promoted to staff captain and in November of the same year was appointed adjutant to Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, commander–in–chief of the guards and grenadier corps. The following year, on September 19, he was appointed adjutant wing, and on December 6, he was promoted to captain. Prince Aleksey Vasilyevich carried out the Hungarian Campaign in the retinue of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, with whom he returned to Warsaw, and soon after the death of the Grand Duke, accompanied his body to Saint Petersburg. Two years later, for the excellent performance of the Highest Orders, he was awarded the Order of Saint Anna, 3rd Degree; in April 1852, Prince Obolensky was appointed commander of a battery of the Life Guards Horse Artillery. In July of that year, he was promoted to colonel. From the time of his appointment as adjutant wing, Prince Obolensky repeatedly carried out the Highest Assignments assigned to him, such as: he conducted an investigation about the fire on June 10, 1850, in Samara and distributed there to the burnt residents the money donated for this by the Sovereign; supervised the recruitment in Ryazan, Podolsk, Volyn, Smolensk, Mogilev and other provinces.