38. Konstantin Konstantinovich Miller 1. Константин Константинович Миллер 2. B. 28 April 1836. 3. Orthodox
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166 RUSSIAN GOVERNORS IN THE KINGDOM OF POLAND (1867-1918) 38. Konstantin Konstantinovich Miller 1. Константин Константинович Миллер 2. B. 28 April 1836. 3. Orthodox. 4. Hereditary nobleman of Petersburg Governorate, coat of arms auth. 12 July 1906. 5. 2nd St. Petersburg Cavalry Cadet Corps. 6. Initially, he had a family estate of Bolshoe Oleshno in Byalsk-Syabrsk vo- lost, in the poviat of Luga in St. Petersburg Governorate, together with his brother and sisters. 7. Wife: first - Alexandra Mikhalina Anna Dominikovna Koncewicz, b. 1841 in Ponevezh in Kovno Governorate, d. 22 September 1893 in Piotrków, Roman Catholic, daughter of hereditary nobleman of Kovno Governorate Dominik Viken- tyevich Koncewicz and Józefina Osipovna Monkiewicz; second wife – since 7 Janu- ary 1896 Alexandra Petrovna Maslova, b. 1857, d. after 1911, daughter of hereditary nobleman of Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, graduate of Noble Maidens’ School in Nizhny Novgorod 1863 and Imperator Nicholas I Petersburgsky Orphan Institute, since 1 September 1886 curator and French language teacher at Women’s Gymna- sium in Łódź. 8. Children: Sergey, b. 1866, d. 18 January 1870; Boris, b. 30 June 1868, d. 1934, graduate of St. Petersburg Imperial University, 2nd category diploma 1892, state councillor, junior assistant to clerk of the Land Department of MOI since 1 October 1893, commissar for peasant affairs of the poviat of Turek in Kalisz Gov- ernorate since 18 January 1895, permanent member of Tver branch of the Peasants’ Land Bank since 10 January 1907, after the Bolshevik coup lawyer, shot to death in prison, married to Raisa Petrovna Strushinska, daughter of active state councillor; Konstantin, b. 25 September 1869, d. 1922 in Płock, graduate of Faculty of Law of Imperial University of Warsaw 1892, active state councillor, since 1892 employed in the Ministry of Justice, among other functions, sub-prosecutor of Warsaw District Court, prosecutor of Border District Court in Harbin, chairman of Płock District Court (1911-1917), arrested by the Soviets and evacuated by the Polish Red Cross, married to Vera Nikolayevna Yerakova, b. 17 August 1877 in Hrubieszów, d. after 1922, daughter of prosecutor of Lublin District Court and Warsaw District Court Nikolay Pyotrovich Yerakov and Sofiya Ilinichna Yedelevska; Maria, b. 1 August 1870; Olga, b. 26 June 1873 in Feliksów in the poviat of Ostrów in Łomża Governor- ate, married 28 October 1892 to Yevgeniy Vasiliyevich Menkin, Lublin Governor (see bionote); Yekaterina, b. 22 August 1874, in the poviat of Ostrów in Łomża Gov- ernorate, d. 21 July 1875 in Ostrów in Łomża Governorate. 9. Father: Konstantin Ivanovich Miller, b. 4 February 1806, d. 25 September 1875 in St. Petersburg, son of Ivan Miller, adjutant of Grand Duke Konstantin Pav- lovich, active state councillor. Mother: Yekaterina Ivanovna ?, Orthodox. Siblings: Fyodor. BIONOTES 167 10. 11 June 1855 – joined the service as constable and was commissioned to Kharkovsky Garrison Batallion; 1 July 1855 – did not show up for service and was incorporated to the reserve brigade of 1st Infantry Division; 1855 - in the troops de- fending the coast of Livonia; 11 May 1857 – Pskovsky Garrison Batallion; 26 October 1858 – Revalsky Garrison Batallion; 2 November 1861 – according to the sentence of highest authority downgraded from sub-lieutenant to private and incorporated into Nevsky regiment, with seniority retained, for abuse of regulations connected with the use of violence towards his commander; since 3 February 1863 - involved in suppressing the January uprising in the Kingdom and the governorates of Kov- no and Grodno; 11 August 1864 – adjutant of 2nd Gunner Batallion; 2 September 1864 – authorized; 21 December 1865 – commissioned to the disposal of the Gov- erning Committee and sent to work in Ostrołęka Commission on Peasant Affairs; 13 February 1866 – incorporated into the army infantry; 13 August 1866 – acting commissar for peasant affairs of the poviat of Ostrów; 25 October 1867 – auth. on the position of commissar; 8 June 1879 – permanent member of Płock Governorate Commission on Peasant Affairs (22 February-23 March 1882 head of the gratitude delegation of peasants from Płock Governorate to St. Petersburg to lay a wreath on Alexander II’s grave and declare “peasants filled with faithful feelings” to Al- exander III; 30 April 1883-31 February 1884 head of the delegation of mayors from rural communes of the Kingdom of Poland, one from each poviat, to Alexander III’s coronation in Moscow); 31 February 1884 - removed from office and transferred to the disposal of Warsaw Governor-General, sent to assist the over-policemaster of Warsaw; 26 December 1885 - vice-governor of Kielce (21 March 1886 - this was only when he turned up for service and excused his absence with a sick leave); 29 July 1887 – governor of Płock; 17 December 1888 - called to Warsaw to a meeting aim- ing at preparing instructions for commissars for peasant affairs of Privislinsky Krai on issuing to peasants the certificates entitling them to get loans from the peasants’ land bank; 2 December 1889 - chairman of the special commission established in Warsaw to prepare guidelines on the ways of managing commune taxes in Privis- linsky Krai; 21 February 1890 – Piotrków Governor (June 1898 – member of a com- mission established to review regulations on police supervision of 30 April 1867 in force in the Kingdom of Poland); 10 August 1904 – senator of the First Department of the Governing Senate. 11. 3 October 1858 - light bronze medal on Saint Andrew’s ribbon commemo- rating the 1853-1856 war; 1865 – light bronze medal commemorating suppression of the Polish mutiny of the years 1863-1864; 11 July 1866 - silver medal for efforts to “settle down peasants” in the Kingdom of Poland; 10 June 1867 – Order of Saint Anna, Third Class; 26 July 1869 – Order of Saint Stanislaus, Second Class; 20 May 1872 – Order of Saint Stanislaus, Second Class, with Imperator’s crown; 15 March 1873 – granted extra 15 % to salary for service in the Kingdom of Poland; 29 June 1876 – Order of Saint Anna, Second Class; 15 March 1878 - granted extra 30% to sal- ary for service in the Kingdom; 11 March 1880 - blessing of Archbishop of Chełm- Warsaw for donations for the Orthodox church in Płock; 30 August 1881 – Order of Saint Vladimir, Fourth Class; 15 March 1883 - granted extra 40 % to salary for service 168 RUSSIAN GOVERNORS IN THE KINGDOM OF POLAND (1867-1918) in the Kingdom; 15 May 1883 – Order of Saint Vladimir, Third Class; 12 November 1883 - dark bronze medal on Saint Alexander’s ribbon commemorating Alexander III’s coronation; 1 June 1884 - special gratitude of MOI for work and achievements in the service of peasant institutions of the Kingdom of Poland between December 1865 and 31 May 1884; 15 May 1888 - granted extra 60 % to salary for service in the Kingdom; 30 August 1889 – Order of Saint Stanislaus, First Class; 30 August 1893 – Order of Saint Anna, First Class; 26 February 1896 - silver medal commemorating Alexander III on Saint Alexander’s ribbon; 18 March 1897 - dark bronze medal for involvement with the first national census of 1897 on a ribbon in state colours; 3 De- cember 1897 – bronze medal with the inscription ”Воспитанником В. У.З в память незабвенного благодетеля”; 23 December 1897 – Siamese Order of the White El- ephant, Second Class, with star; 12 August 1898 – Grand Cross of the Imperial Aus- trian Franz Joseph Order; 10 April 1899 - Commander’s Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour; 10 April 1899 – German Order of the Prussian Crown, First Class; 6 December 1899 – Order of Saint Vladimir, Second Class; 6 December 1902 - Order of the White Eagle for outstanding efforts; 11 January 1905 - honorary citizen of the city of Łódź; 11 June 1905 - thanks of Tsar Nicholas II for devoted and distinguished service. 12. 11 May 1857 – constable; 3 October 1858 – sub-lieutenant; 2 November 1861 - private; 16 May 1864 - for merit in fighting against the insurgents promoted to the rank of constable; 16 January 1867 - left the army renamed to the rank of col- legiate assessor; 1 February 1868 - governorate secretary (sen. 28 November 1866); 11 September 1869 – collegiate secretary (sen. 28 November 1868); 7 January 1871 - titular councillor (sen. 28 November 1870); 22 January 1874 – collegiate assessor (sen. 28 November 1872); 14 October 1876 – court councillor (sen. 28 November 1875); 27 September 1879 – collegiate councillor (sen. 28 November 1878); 19 March 1882 – state councillor (sen. 28 November 1881); 30 August 1886 - for perfect and ardent service promoted to the rank of active state councillor; 14 May 1896 – for distinction privy councillor. 13. 1 January 1893 - re-elected chairman of the Orthodox Church-Parish Pro- tective Committee in Piotrków for the years 1893-1895; 5 August 1894 - honorary member of Łódź committee of the Red Cross Society. He slapped his regiment’s commander on the face and was imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress. In the autumn of 1859 transported from Reval to Riga and put into the casemates. In Feb- ruary 1865 he was fined with seven-day imprisonment for inappropriate uniform and arrogant answer to Vilna policemaster. He wrote memoirs (not published so far) and multi-volume diaries, currently stored in GARF. 14. Died 2 July 1911 in Lublin. 15. GARF, f. 110, inv. 24, del. 2188, fol. 3–7; RGIA, f. 593, inv. 30, year 1904, del. 84; fol. 35v-36; f. 1349, inv. 1, del. 2826; GARF, f. 996, inv. 1, del. 60; SA in Białystok Łomża branch, CSD of Holy Trinity Orthodox church in Łomża, del. 13, fol. 26v–27; del. 17, fol. 12v–13, 99v–100; del. 18, fol. 35v–36; SAL, Lublin District Court, Chairman’s Chancellery, del. 632; Prosecutor of Lublin District Court, del. 276; Lublin Governorate Commission on Peasant Affairs, del.