Russian nobleman, historian, archaeologist, collector and philanthropist
A portrait of Sergei Stroganov in his younger years by Pietro de Rossi (1761-1831).
A
portrait
of Sergei Stroganov in his later years by
Konstantin Makovsky
, 1882
Count Sergei Grigoryevich Stroganov
(
Russian
:
Граф Сергей Григорьевич Строганов
; 8 November 1794 ? 22 March 1882) was a Russian nobleman, statesman, art historian, archaeologist, collector, and philanthropist.
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He was a member of the highly successful and prominent
Stroganov family
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He also founded the
Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry
.
Life
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He was born in
Saint Petersburg
, the capital of the
Russian Empire
, in 1794 to Baron Grigory Stroganov (1770?1857) and Princess Anna Trubetskaya (1765?1824).
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As a teenager and young adult, he fought for Russia in the
Napoleonic Wars
and distinguished himself at the
Battle of Borodino
and at the
Battle of Leipzig
. In 1815, Stroganov married Natalia Pavlovna Stroganova (1796?1872), daughter of
Sophie Golitsyn
, with whom he had four sons and three daughters. Subsequently, Stroganov participated in the
Russian-Turkish War
of 1828?1829 and in the
Crimean War
.
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Count Stroganov played a large role in the development of the Russian education and culture during the 19th century. In 1825, Stroganov founded the first private academy of art in Russia (in
Moscow
) using his own money. This art academy taught arts and crafts to 360 people, including to children and
serfs
. From 1835 until 1847, Stroganov was the curator of the Moscow Educational District, which included Moscow University (now known as
Moscow State University
) which then flourished as a major center of Russian intellectual life.
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In 1860, this art academy was renamed the Stroganov School (it is now known as it
Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry
), and it produced many prominent architects and artists.
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From 17 April 1859 to 8 September 1859, Count Stroganov served as
Governor-General
of Moscow.
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Starting in 1860, Stroganov was the tutor of
Tsesarevich
Nicholas Alexandrovich
, Emperor
Alexander II
's eldest son, as well as of the younger sons of Alexander II.
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Stroganov also served on the
State Council of the Russian Empire
and was the Chairman of the Society of Russian History and Antiquities between 1837 and 1874, as well as the founder of the Archaeological Commission, which conducted excavations of old Russian towns.
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As a landowner, Stroganov opposed Tsar Alexander II's
emancipation of the Russian serfs
in 1861. After the
assassination of Alexander II
in 1881, Stroganov, along with
Konstantin Pobedonostsev
and some others, succeeded in convincing the new Russian Tsar,
Alexander III
, to shelve Count
Mikhail Loris-Melikov
's proposal for a Russian
Duma
and constitution.
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In 1882, Stroganov died in his Saint Petersburg home, age 87.
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Ancestors
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Ancestors of Sergei Grigoryevich Stroganov
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Grigory Dmitriyevich Stroganov
| | | | | | | 8. Baron Nikolay Grigoryevich Stroganov
| | | | | | | | | | 17. Princess Maria Yakovlevna Novosiltseva
| | | | | | | 4. Baron Alexander Nikolayevich Stroganov
| | | | | | | | | | | | 18. Ivan Ivanovich Buturlin
| | | | | | | 9. Praskovia Ivanovna Buturlina
| | | | | | | | | | 19.
| | | | | | | 2. Baron Grigoriy Alexandrovich Stroganov
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Artemiy Grigoryevich Zagryazhskiy
| | | | | | | 10. Alexandr Artemyevich Zagryazhskiy
| | | | | | | | | | 21. Princess Anastazia Borisovna Bargratinskaya
| | | | | | | 5. Elisaveta Alexandrovna Zagryazhskaya
| | | | | | | | | | | | 22.
Petro Doroshenko
| | | | | | | 11. Ekaterina Alexandrovna Doroshenko
| | | | | | | | | | 23. Agafia Borisovna Eropkina
| | | | | | | 1.
Count Sergei Grigoryevich Stroganov
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Prince Yuriy Yuryevich Trubetskoy
| | | | | | | 12. Prince Alexey Yuryevich Trubetskoy
| | | | | | | | | | 25. Elena Grigoryevna Cherkasskaya
| | | | | | | 6. Prince Sergey Alexeyevich Trubetskoy
| | | | | | | | | | | | 26. Lev Kirilovich Naryshkin
| | | | | | | 13. Anna Lvovna Naryshkina
| | | | | | | | | | 27. Anna Petrovna Saltykova
| | | | | | | 3. Princess Anna Sergeyevna Trubetskaya
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Prince Fyodor Ivanovich Nesvitskiy
| | | | | | | 14. Prince Vasilij Fyodorovich Nesvitskiy
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| | | | | | | 7. Princess Elena Vasilyevna Nesvitskaya
| | | | | | | | | | | | 30. Ivan Ushakov
| | | | | | | 15. Bogdana Ivanovna Ushakova
| | | | | | | | | | 31.
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