BIONOTES 175 41. Dmitri Borisovich Neidhardt 1. Дмитрий Борисович Нейдгарт 2. B. 17 June 1861. 3. Orthodox. 4. Hereditary nobleman of Nizhny Novgorod Governorate. 5. Corps of the Pages, 1st category diploma; Nicholas Academy of the General Staff 16 October 1883-14 April 1886. 6. Estate Borisovka in the poviat of Knyaginino in Nizhny Novgorod Gover- norate of the area of 2,000 d. of land and an estate in Kaluga Governorate, 3 houses in Moscow (at Arbat and Tolstovskiy pereulek); majorat “Bałdrzychów” in Kalisz Governorate with the annual income of 3,000 rubles of the area of 2,179 morgens and 55 rods granted by Nicholas I by the ukaz of 9 December 1835 to Alexandrov Ivanovich Neidhardt, quartermaster general of pr. Ivan Paskevich Acting Army in the Kingdom of Poland, inherited by Dmitri Neidhardt in 1900; two houses in Mos- cow; his wife had a house in St. Petersburg. 7. Wife: since 1898 Barbara Alexandrovna Ponomaryeva, b. 1875, d. 1924, divorced, primo voto – Malakhova. 8. Children: Boris, b. 24 March 1899, d. 1972 in Stuttgart, since 19 December 1900 candidate for a page, officer of the army of gen. Yudenich fighting against the Bolsheviks, married since 1929 to Yelizaveta Maximovna Lemann; Maria, b. 8 October 1900, married three times; first husband (divorced) – Sergey Sergeyevich Sverbeyev, b. 31 January 1897, d. 3 August 1966 in Paris, son of Russian diplomat Sergey Nikolayevich Sverbeyev and Anna Vasiliyevna Bezobrazova; second hus- band – since 1920 Yuriy Rikhardovich von Moves, b. 24 September 1927, officer of Leib-Guard Horse Artillery; third husband – c. Alexandr Vladimirovich Sollogub (b. 8 August 1895 in Sevastopol – d. 26 January 1982 in France), son of Vladimir Alexandrovich Sollogub and princess Olga Georgiyevna Gurieli; Vera, b. 2 Febru- ary 1902, d. 1 August 1923; Alexandr, b. 10 April 1903 in Płock, d. 1928 in Brussels; Dmitri, b. 1906, d. before 1908. 9. Father: Boris Alexandrovich Neidhardt, b. 8 August 1819, d. 30 October 1900, active privy councillor 1 April 1890, state service since 27 June 1837, court oberhofmeister, honorary guardian of Moscow office of the Protective Council, honorary guardian of Kalisz Shelter for Orthodox Children. Mother: Maria Alexan- drovna Talyzina, b. 17 May 1831, d. 5 May 1904, daughter of hereditary nobleman. Siblings: Olga, b. 12 September 1859, d. 12 October 1944 in Paris, married to Pyotr Arkadiyevich Stolypin, b. 2 April 1862, d. 5 September 1911, Saratov Governor, Minister of the Interior, Chairman of the Council of Ministers; Aleksey, b. 1 Sep- tember 1863, d. 6 November 1918 in Nizhny Novgorod, shot to death by the Bolshe- viks, graduate of the Corps of the Pages of 3rd Military Gymnasium in Moscow and 3rd Alexandrovsky Military School, marshal of the noblemen of Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, member of the State Council appointed by the Tsar 1 August 1915- May 1917, married to Lyubov Nikolayevna Trubetska, b. 1868, d. 1928, canonized by the Orthodox Church in 2000; Anna, b. 20 February 1868, d. 22 August 1939 in 176 RUSSIAN GOVERNORS IN THE KINGDOM OF POLAND (1867-1918) Versailles near Paris, court Fräulein, married to Sergey Dmitriyevich Sazonov, b. 29 July 1860 in Moscow, d. 24 December 1927 in Nice in France, Minister of Foreign Affairs. 10. 23 August 1873 - page at the Imperator’s court; 3 October 1875 - extern- page; 12 September 1877 - accepted to the general class of the Corps of the Pages; 1 September 1878 - transferred to junior special class of the Corps of the Pages; 1 March 1878 – transferred to senior special class of the Corps of the Pages; 30 Sep- tember 1879 – kamer-page; 1 December 1879 - senior kamer-page; 8 August 1880 - admitted to officer position at Preobrazhensky Guard Regiment (2 May-3 June 1883 - in the troops participating in Alexander III’s coronation); 16 October 1883 - accepted to Nicholas Academy of the General Staff; 14 April 1886 - after course completion at Nicholas Academy of the General Staff returned to the home regi- ment and was temporarily commissioned to participate in summer maneouvres at the general staff of Caucasus Military District; 20 May-20 June 1886 - sent to make an official trip from Kislovodsk to Sukhumi and back; 1 August 1886 - commis- sioned to Dagestan to the general staff of 21st Infantry Division for military mane- ouvres; 15 August 1886 - sent to Batumi district with officers of the General Staff to conduct a reconnaissance in the border areas; 10 September 1886 - sent to the disposal of colonel of the general staff Neverovsky; 15 November 1886 - transferred back from the general staff of Caucasus Military District to his home regiment; 31 January 1887 – acting commander of 14th Rota of Preobrazhensky Leib-Guard Regi- ment (4 April-17 October 1888 - member of regiment tribunal); 21 June 1888 - auth. on the position of commander of 14th Rota of Preobrazhensky Guard Regiment (12 December 1892 - guardian of Izmalkovsky peasant school in Nizhny Novgorod Governorate); 1 February 1894 – acting commander of 3rd Rota of Preobrazhensky Leib-Guard Regiment; 19 February 1894 – auth. on the position of commander of 3rd Rota of Preobrazhensky Guard Regiment (3 March-14 September 1894 – member of regiment tribunal); 14 January 1894 – acting commander of HIH Preobrazhen- sky Guard Regiment; 3 February 1895 – auth. on the position of rota commander of HIH Preobrazhensky Guard Regiment (27 April-4 June 1896 - was in the troops participating in Nicholas II’s coronation; he was temporary batallion commander of Preobrazhensky Guard Regiment multiple times; 7 November-18 December 1897 - chairman of regiment tribunal); 18 December 1897 - released from military service; 23 December 1897 - vice-governor of Kaluga (1899 - member of a special commis- sion for review of conscription certificates; 10 March 1899 - honorary guardian of Izmalkovsky 2-grade peasant school; 27 February 1900 - honorary justice of peace of the poviat of Knyaginin in Nizhy Novgorod Governorate; 21 April 1901 - honor- ary member and guardian of Bogoyavlensky Fraternity in Kaluga; 1901 - honorary member of Kozelsk Fire Society; 1901 - deputy to Knyaginin Poviat Zemstvo; 18 December 1901 - full member of Kaluga Historic-Archeological Society; 20 Novem- ber 1902 - member-collaborator of Kaluga Women’s Charity Society); 10 December 1902 - acting governor of Płock (13 December 1902 – awarded 1,000 rubles of extra payment to settle down in the new place of service; 17 April 1903 - chairman of the Orthodox Church–Parish Protective Committee in Płock; 6 May 1903 - honorary BIONOTES 177 member of the Russian Public Library in Płock); 5 September 1903 - acting chief of Odessa (22 January 1904 - a quay of the Vistula in Płock was named after him “Nei- dhartovsky”; 2 February 1904 – chairman of local management of the Russian Red Cross Society; 31 March 1904 - member of the Special Committee for Strengthening the Navy; 9 September 1904 - survived an assassination attempt on Nikolayevsky Boulevard in Odessa); 23 December 1904– auth. on the position of the chief of Odes- sa (19 March 1905 - honorary member of Moscow Child Shelter Council effective 1 September 1904); 8 November 1905 – at his own request released from the position of the chief of Odessa due to slaughters and incorporated into the staff of MOI; 1 January 1907 – senator of the Governing Senate (22 January 1907 - honorary citizen of Płock); 22 April 1907 - senator of the General Assembly of the Governing Senate; 18 June 1908 - appointed senator of the First Department of the Governing Senate (1910-1911 conducted an inspection of state and social institutions of the Kingdom of Poland and Warsaw Military District, honorary citizen of Odessa); 11 May 1916- May 1917 - member of the State Council by appointment; after the February revolu- tion dismissed from office and retained in the staff list; 25 October 1917 – released from service; in the years 1917-1918 replaced Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna as chairman of the committee for provision of clothes to sick and wounded soldiers. 11. 1883 - dark bronze medal commemorating Alexander III’s coronation; 16 February 1895 - badge-monogram with Nicholas II’s image; 15 March 1896 – silver medal commemorating Alexander III’s reign; 14 May 1896 – medal commemorating Nicholas II’s coronation; 10 February 1891 – Order of Saint Stanislaus, Third Class; 7 March 1898 – Order of Saint Anna, Third Class; 1899 - badge of institutions of Im- peratritsa Mariya; 6 December 1899 – Order of Saint Stanislaus, Second Class; 1900 - blessing of Bishop of Kaluga and Borovsk for donations to Bogoyavlensky Ortho- dox Fraternity in Kaluga; 12 February 1904 - thanks of Nicholas II for collection of donations for the afflicted by the war against Japan; 19 September 1904 - thanks of Nicholas II for maintaining perfect order during the Tsar’s visit to Odessa; 1906 – Persian Order of Lion and Sun, First Class; 19 June 1908 – Order of Saint Stanislaus, First Class; 1 January 1910 – Order of Saint Anna, First Class; 21 February 1913 – Order of Saint Vladimir, Second Class; 1915 – Order of the White Eagle; badge of Nicholas Academy of the General Staff; Greek Order of the Redeemer, Third Class. 12. 8 August 1880 – constable; 30 August 1883 – sub-lieutenant (sen. 22 May 1883); 24 March 1885 – lieutenant (sen. 1 January 1885); 21 April 1888 - staff-captain; 28 March 1893 – captain; 18 December 1897 - renamed from the military rank of cap- tain to the civil rank of collegiate councillor; 23 March 1902 – state councillor (sen. 18 December 1901); 6 December 1904 – for distinction active state councillor; 1 Janu- ary 1907 – for distinction privy councillor; 6 December 1904 – court chamberlain; 22 April 1907– court hofmeister. 13. After slaughters in Odessa his work was investigated by senator A. M. Kuzminsky, whose opinion about Neidhardt’s power abuse was undermined by the Senate. He became the member of the State Council upon the initiative of Prime Minister Stürmer.