Zakhary Korneev


Zakhary Yakovlevich Korneev was the first civil governor of Minsk and the Minsk Governorate, later a trustee of the Kharkov Educational District, a writer. Senator, Privy Councillor since 1802.

Biography

Zakhary Yakovlevich Korneev – was in military service since 1775. A well–known mason in his time. In 1775, he was sent to the Nekrasov's Cossacks to return them to Russian citizenship.
In 1782, he was appointed director of the economy in the Kursk Governorate. In 1785, he was appointed Vice–Governor of Oryol.
In January 1793, Minsk was annexed to the Russian Empire as a result of the 2nd Partition of the Commonwealth, and on April 3 of the same year became the center of the new Minsk Governorate. And in 1796 Korneev became the first governor in Minsk.
In 1805, thanks to the care of the governor Korneev, the governor's garden was founded. At the same time, the foundation was laid for another square, which in 1870 received the name Aleksandrovsky. Under him, the redevelopment of Minsk began. The main street of Minsk, laid in the middle of the 16th century as a section of the Moscow–Vienna postal route, was replanned under Korneev and named Zakharyevskaya in his honor. Today it is the main and central avenue of Minsk – Independence Avenue, about 15 kilometers long.
He was granted with the coat of arms of the nobility on December 21, 1802.
In 1808, Zakhary Korneev was appointed a senator, and in 1810, a member of the State Council.
In 1810, he was the successor of the son of Vasily Dzhunkovsky – Alexander.
In 1815, at the suggestion of Prince Alexander Golitsyn, Korneev became one of the vice–presidents of the Russian Bible Society. In 1817, Golitsyn appointed him a trustee of the Kharkov Educational District.

Works

Correspondence with Karneev of Prince Alexander Golitsyn and Alexander Labzin is published in the Russian Archive.