Sergey Khovansky

Sergey Nikolaevich Khovansky

Сергей Николаевич Хованский
Minsk Governor
In office
March 1808 – December 1808
Preceded by| Zakhary Korneev
Succeeded by| Herman Rading
Simbirsk Governor
In office
1803–1808
Preceded by| Vasily Sushkov
Succeeded by| Alexey Dolgorukov
Vladimir Vice–Governor
In office
December 19, 1798 – 1802
Preceded by| Ivan Wolf
Succeeded by| Gabriel Kolokoltsov
Personal details
Born| October 3, 1767
Died| March 26, 1817 (aged 49)
Relations| Khovanskys
Children| Alexander Khovansky
Parents|

* Nikolay Khovansky (father)
* Maria Schepotyeva (mother)

Awards| Order of Saint Anna

Sergey Khovansky

Prince Sergey Nikolaevich Khovansky (October 3, 1767 – March 26 (or 29),[1] 1817, Arkhangelskoye, Stavropol District,[2] Simbirsk Governorate) was an Actual State Councillor, governor of Simbirsk in 1802–1808.

## Biography

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From the Russian princely family Khovansky.[3] One of the grandchildren of Prince Vasily Khovansky; elder brother of Nikolai and Alexander Khovansky. From the age of 5 he was brought up in the Land Cadet Corps. In 1787, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant and sent to General–in–Chief Yuri Dolgorukov.[1] In 1792, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

In May 1797, he entered the civil service with the rank of collegiate counselor. On December 19, 1798, he was appointed Vice–Governor of the Vladimir Province under the Governor of Ivan Dolgorukov. Subsequently, he recalled Khovansky as a "good fellow" who tried to give him "every pleasure and distraction" and with whom they "communicated like brothers".

Having positively established himself in Vladimir, on May 21, 1800, he was promoted to State Councillor, and on July 19, 1802, he was appointed Governor of Simbirsk.

On June 24, 1804, he was promoted to Actual State Councillor.

On March 14, 1808, he was awarded the Order of Saint Anna of the 1st Degree and was appointed Governor of Minsk.[3]

On December 4, 1808, he was dismissed from the post of governor due to illness.[3]

He lived on his wife's estates, in the village of Arkhangelskoye and the village of Botma, Stavropol District,[2] Simbirsk Governorate.

He died on 26 (according to other sources, 29)[1] March, 1817, from consumption. He was buried at the cemetery of the Intercession Monastery in Simbirsk.[4]

## Family

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Prince Sergey Khovansky since 1805 was married to the widow of the Kazan Governor Ekaterina Aplecheeva (November 10, 1780 – April 16, 1836), née Naumova.[5]

Children:

* Yuri (March 3, 1806 – January 9, 1868), chamber junker, collegiate assessor, married to Ekaterina Ivasheva, daughter of Peter Ivashev, had a daughter Maria, married to the nobleman Alexander Shishkov;
* Sergey (March 9, 1813 – December 1, 1853), collegiate registrar;
* Alexander (May 29, 1814 – January 7, 1885), collegiate secretary, leader of the nobility of the Chistopol District, the ancestor of all the current princes of the Khovansky, including Askold Georgievich;
* Sophia (October 3, 1810 – April 29, 1867), married to the Saint Petersburg Chief of Police Sergei Kokoshkin;
* Maria (March 20, 1812 – 1837), married to the general from the cavalry Alexander Baggovut.

* Portrait of his daughter, Princess Sophia Khovanskaya (1810–1867), maid of honor since 1827, wife of Sergey Kokoshkin since 1829

* Prince Alexander Khovansky (1814–1885), son

* The grave of Prince Sergei Khovansky

## References

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1. ^ a b c Sergey Belokurov (1913). From the Collection of Acts of the Princes Khovansky. Moscow: Synodal Printing House. pp. 7–8.
2. ^ a b The Stavropol District was formed on December 27, 1780 as part of the Simbirsk Governorship (since 1796 – the Simbirsk Province)
3. ^ a b c Ulyanovsk Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society. Sergey Khovansky
4. ^ Genealogical Knowledge Base. Sergey Khovansky
5. ^ Russian Pedigree Fund. Sergey Khovansky

## Sources

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* Konstantin Gorbunov, Ivan Sivoplyas, Anton Shabalkin. Simbirsk Civil Governors: Materials for Historical and Biographical Sketches – Ulyanovsk: Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of Educators, 2003 – Pages 25–30
* "From the Collection of Acts of the Khovansky Princes", Sergei Belokurov, Synodal Printing House, Moscow, 1913. Pages 7–8
* Ulyanovsk Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society. Sergey Khovansky
* Pyotr Brigadin, Andrey Lukashevich. Minsk Governors: the History of Power – Minsk: State Institute of Management and Social Technologies of the Belarusian State University, 2009 – Pages 39–42