Little Russian lieutenant and failed liberator of Ivan VI
Vasily Mirovich
Mirovich Standing over the Corpse of Ivan VIby Ivan Tvorozhnikov, 1884
Birth name
Vasily Yakovlevich Mirovich
Born
Unknown date, c. 1740 Tobolsk, Siberia Governorate
Died
(aged 24) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Branch
Imperial Russian Army
Rank
Second lieutenant
Unit
25th Smolensk Infantry Regiment
Wars
Seven Years' War
Vasily Yakovlevich Mirovich (Russian: Васи́лий Я́ковлевич Миро́вич; c. 1740 – 15 September 1764) was a Little Russian (Ukrainian) lieutenant in the Imperial Russian Army's 25th Smolensk Infantry Regiment best known for his attempted but ultimately unsuccessful rescue of Ivan VI of Russia at Shlisselburg Fortress during the reign of Catherine the Great. Ivan VI had been Emperor of Russia for more than a year as an infant in 1740–1741, until he and his family were deposed and imprisoned by Elizabeth of Russia. The attempted rescue ended with Ivan VI's murder by his two permanent prison guards, who were under strict and secret orders by the empress and her successors to kill their prisoner in such an event.
Vasily Yakovlevich Mirovich (Russian: Васи́лий Я́ковлевич Миро́вич; c. 1740 – 15 September 1764) was a Little Russian (Ukrainian) lieutenant in the Imperial...
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patronymics are gender-dependent (for example, Ivan Petrovich Mirovich and Anna Petrovna Mirovich) This dependence of grammatical gender of adjectival surname...
the Higher Women's Courses of this period were: Zinaida Ivanova (Zinaida Mirovich) and Ekaterina Kletnova. At different times, the courses were attended...
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