Sergey Lazarevich Lashkarev

Sergey Lazarevich Lashkarev (23 February 1739 — 6 October 1814) (Russian: Сергей Лазаревич Лашкарёв, derived from Georgian: ლაშკარაშვილი ბიბილური, Lashkarashvili-Bibiluri), was a Russian Imperial Major-General of Georgian origin. A cunning diplomat and polyglot,[1] he was described by his contemporaries as one of the "remarkable phenomena of Catherine the Great's century".[2] Lashkarev was reportedly fluent in ten languages. Besides Russian and Georgian, he spoke French, Italian, Turkish, Persian, Greek, Armenian, Arabic, and Latin.[3] In 1800, Lashkarev was actively involved in diplomatic exchanges with the Ottoman Empire in connection with the impending Russian annexation of various Georgian kingdoms and principalities, and remained in charge of Georgian affairs at the Imperial court under Alexander I of Russia.[4]

Sergey Lazarevich Lashkarev
Lashkarashvili-Bibiluri
Portrait of Lashkarev by Vladimir Borovikovsky
Born(1739-02-23)February 23, 1739
DiedOctober 6, 1814(1814-10-06) (aged 75)
Vitebsk Governorate
OccupationGeneral, statesman

Personal life

Lashkarev was the son of a Georgian nobleman Lazare Grigoris dze Lashkarashvili-Bibiluri (later known as Lashkarev-Bibilurov) who moved to Russia from Georgia as part of a royal entourage accompanying the exiled Georgian monarch Vakhtang VI.[5]

Lashkarev had four children:

gollark: I think that was a dream.
gollark: ???
gollark: Live in the cloud.
gollark: The format is incredibly simple, too.
gollark: Look, you can use this to decode this.

See also

References
  1. Русский биографический словарь Т. XII, Спб., 1914, pages 96-98.
  2. Справочный энциклопедический словарь, издающийся под редакцией А. Старчевского Т. VII, Спб., 1853, pages 97-98.
  3. Valentin Lavrentievich Yanin. Отечественная история: К-М. Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2000, p. 290
  4. Kesselbrenner, G. L. Кессельбреннер Г. Л. Хроника одной дипломатической карьеры (Дипломат-востоковед С. Л. Лашкарев и его время). М., Главная редакция восточной литературы издательства Наука, 1987.
  5. Rummel, V.V. Лашкаревы - Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона : в 86 т. (82 т. и 4 доп.). — СПб., 1890—1907.
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