Maria Petrovna Ilyina (Veshnjakova)
Our direct great-great-great-grandmother. One of the thirteen children of
retired major
Pyotr Ivanovich Veshnyakov
,
marshal of the nobility of the
Kazan province. She grew up on her parent's estate
Tagashevo
,
Kazan
province, which her ancestor received for feats of arms after the capture
of Kazan in 1562.
Her mother was born
Anna Andreevna Vsevolozhskaya
,
the sister of the
famous participant in the «Petersburg action» at the accession of Catherine II
to the throne, Vsevolod Andreevich.
Having married
Alexander Petrovich Ilyin
, she received a significant dowry
and moved to his estate Malaya Palna (Polyanka) in the Yeletsky district of the
Oryol province. In 1825, she bought part of the estate from her husband’s
cousin, Alexander Stepanovich Ilyin. In 1834, the family moved first to
Moscow, then to Kazan. According to family legend, 100 thousand rubles for
the estate sold in the Oryol province were brought to the young masters by
their faithful servant, the serf Ustinya Mikhailovna, who sold the estate by
proxy. This money was used to buy the village of
Arkatovo
, Laishevsky
district, Kazan province.
Here
is a full story of this purchase.
After the death of her husband in 1834, she moved with her son
Peter
to St.
Petersburg, where at that time her eldest son Vladimir was finishing his
course. They lived in St. Petersburg on the Kryukov Canal in the Zheltukhinsky
house, then returned to Kazan. In 1839, she bought a
house
in Kazan from
Vladimir Fedorovich Zheltukhin
, the husband of her sister
Tatyana
(see bill
of sale). Sister Tatyana left Maria Petrovna a significant inheritance.
Her daughter Varvara (wife of Baron Krudener) died young, and Maria
Petrovna took upon herself the care of her daughters, Anna and Alexandra.
How his grandfather
Pyotr Aleksandrovich Ilyin
entered the cadet corps:
“It was in 1840, when I had just been assigned to the 2nd St. Petersburg Cadet
Corps. I must say that I was already 13 years old, and I could no longer be
accepted on a general basis. Therefore, mother <
Maria Petrovna
> decided to
write a letter to Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, but her brother,
Ivan
Petrovich Veshnyakov
, conveyed this letter and put in a good word. The
Grand Duke ordered me to be admitted directly to the 2nd general class.
By title
Mrs. Lieutenant Colonel Marya Petrovna Ilyina asks, and what is my request for, the following points
I bought from the chamber cadet of the court of His Imperial Majesty, collegiate assessor and cavalier Vladimir Fedorovich Zheltukhin, by
power of attorney given to him by the widow, collegiate couciloress Princess Ekaterina Matveevna Khovanskaya, a courtyard place with a ruined
structure, consisting of 4 parts of the city of Kazan in Malaya Krasnaya Street between the houses of the courtyard councilor Telaniev's and
Kazan tradesman Fadey Vasiliev, having a measure of land from the face of the cross of seven, and a length of eighteen fathoms at a price of
1,500 rubles in banknotes. And for the possession of this place with a ruined building, I received from Zheltukhin a deed of sale, completed in
the Kazan Chamber of Civil Court on the 21st day of February 1839 under No. 20, letter B, which is why I present the deed of purchase for
presentation here. I most sincerely ask. And so that Your Imperial Majesty’s Highest decree ordered that the Kazan city magistrate accept this
request with a genuine deed of sale, and on the basis of the laws, create a certificate on this deed and return it back to me with a signature and
in all this act as the laws command. Most Gracious Sovereign, I ask Your Imperial Majesty to make a decision regarding this petition of mine.
December... day 1839.
This petition must be submitted to the Kazan city magistrate in draft and fair copy, from the words of the petitioner, Mr. Zheltukhin, the
courtyard man Gerasim Ivanov, son Kolychov, and granted to file it to my son-in-law the guard staff captain Vasily Mironovich Krudener
(Signature).
Lieutenant Colonel Maria Petrova’s daughter of Ilya put her hand to this petition, starting from the first page, ending between the words
“Kolychov” and “granted to file”
From the book: S.A. Khovansky
"Princes Khovansky", MCMNO,
Moscow, 2007 ISBN
978-5-94057-286-2
My grandfather and grandmother <
Alexander Ivanovich and Maria Petrovna
>
were known for their gentle attitude towards their serfs. I was positively
testified that the usual punishments of that time, flogging in the stable, were
extremely rare and were caused by extreme necessity.
... Grandma was very well read at that time. For a long time we kept her
handwritten book bound in morocco with instructions for her son
Pyotr
as he
entered life after completing his studies. This book contained many extracts
from Lamartine's writings.
Artist Karl Wilhelm (Ivanovich) Bardou. Pastel. In 1812-1816
worked in Kazan, after that he lived in Moscow and, probably,
in St. Petersburg. In 1831 he already lived in Berlin.
About 160 works by the artist were discovered, located in
many museums and private collections. In 1999, the first
exhibition of his works took place at the V. A. Tropinin
Museum; A catalog of his works was published.
In 2017, the painting was restored by Leonida Anatolyevna
Trubnikova
From
Petr Ivanovich Zisserman
memoirs
From
Boris Petrovich Ilyin
memoirs
VLADIMIR
ALEXANDROVICH
1815 - 1883/84
PETR
IVANOVICH
VESHNYAKOV
1756 - ?
ANNA ANDREEVNA
VSEVOLOZHSKAYA
MARIA
PETROVNA
VESHNYAKOV
ALEXANDER
IVANOVICH
ILYIN
1785 - 1834
PETR
ALEXANDROVICH
1827 - 1910
VARVARA
ALEXANDROVNA
1819 - 1847
NATALYA
ALEXANDROVNA
GAUSS
Veshniakov
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Alexander, Ivan, Vassily,
Andrey; Ekaterina (Libert),
Tatyana (Zheltukhina),
seven more children
BORIS
PETROVICH
SHCZERBAKOVA
NATALYA
NIKANOROVNA
NATALYA
BORISOVNA
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