Dmitry Dashkov

Dmitry Vasilyevich Dashkov
Дмитрий Васильевич Дашков
Prosecutor General of the Governing Senate
In office
1829–1839
Preceded byAlexey Dolgorukov
Succeeded byDmitry Bludov
Personal details
BornJanuary 5, 1789[1]
Moscow, Russian Empire
DiedDecember 8, 1839 (aged 50)[1]
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Resting placeLazarevskoe Cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra[2]
RelationsDashkovs
EducationMoscow University Noble Guesthouse
AwardsOrder of Saint Vladimir
Order of Saint Anna
Order of the White Eagle
Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky

Dmitry Vasilyevich Dashkov (January 5, 1789[3] – December 8, 1839[4]) was a Russian statesman and writer. For the last ten years of his life, he headed the Ministry of Justice as minister. He was a founder of the Arzamas literary society.

  1. ^ a b Dashkov, Dmitry Vasilievich // Russian Biographical Dictionary – Saint Petersburg: 1905 – Volume 6 – Pages 138–142
  2. ^ "Necropolis of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Dashkov Dmitry Vasilievich". Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
  3. ^ Year of birth: according to Polovtsov – 1788, according to Brockhaus – 1784
  4. ^ Central State Historical Archive of Saint Petersburg. Fund 19, Inventory 111, Case 303b, Page 727. Metric Books of the Church of Simeon