Pyotr Glebov-Streshnev
Pyotr Fyodorovich Glebov-Streshnev was a major general and chief of the from 1801 to 1804.
Biography
He was born in St. Petersburg to General-in-Chief Fyodor Glebov, who built the Znamenskoye-Rayok Estate, and his wife, Lady of State Yelizaveta Glebova-Streshneva. He is the godson of Catherine the Great. His military service includes:
- May 28, 1800 – October 10, 1800: commander of the Olviopol Hussar Regiment
- October 21, 1800 – December 1, 1800: chief of the
- January 12, 1800 – December 27, 1801: Commander of the Sumy Hussar Regiment
- December 27, 1801 – September 5, 1804: commander of the Olviopol Hussar Regiment
- September 5, 1804 – May 24, 1807: Major General, Chief of the Olviopol Hussar Regiment. He took part in the campaigns against the French, commanded a cavalry brigade as part of the 8th Infantry Division of Lieutenant General Peter Essen, fought at the Battle of Eylau, the Battle of Friedland and the Battle of Heilsburg.
He died after being wounded on October 27, 1807, and was buried in the family tomb next to his parents in the Donskoy Monastery in Moscow. The poet composed an epitaph after his death.
Family
His wife, Anna Vasilyevna Drutskaya-Sokolinskaya, was the daughter of Prince Vasily Ivanovich Drutsky-Sokolinsky. The mother of the latter considered this marriage unequal, since the Drutskys were not as noble as the Glebovs. After being widowed, Anna Vasilyevna married Staff Captain in 1810. Her four children from her first marriage were brought up in Moscow by their grandmother Yelizaveta Petrovna Glebova-Streshneva. Despite their wealth, they were brought up in a very strict manner.Evgraf Petrovich was a colonel of the guard, and after the death of his grandmother, since 1837, he was the owner of the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo estate. He died without children.Praskovya Petrovna married the merchant Fyodor Fyodorovich Tomashevsky, and her name was no longer mentioned in the family.Natalya Petrovna, was married to major general Fyodor Logginovich von Brevern. She died of gastritis in Wiesbaden, and she was buried there in an Orthodox cemetery. Her daughter Yevgenia Fyodorovna married, who in 1864 was given the name and coat of arms of the Glebov-Streshnevs.Fyodor Petrovich was a colonel, and participant in the Russo-Turkish war.