Count Platon Ivanovich Musin-Pushkin. The fate of a nobleman of the “palace coups epoch” (cultural aspect)

I. V. Kurukin

doi:10.28995/2686-7249-2024-9-42-65

Count Platon Ivanovich Musin-Pushkin. The fate of a nobleman of the “palace coups epoch” (cultural aspect)

I. V. Kurukin

https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2024-9-42-65

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Abstract

The article is about the life path of not the most famous of the “fledglings” of Peter the Great – Count Platon Ivanovich Musin-Pushkin (1698–1742). Thanks to the documents seized after his arrest, it is possible to restore the tortuous biography of a man of the “second plan”. Musin-Pushkin, despite his aristocratic origin, completely fit into Peter’s society: he was educated abroad, served in the guard, tried his hand at the diplomatic service, and generally successfully worked as a provincial governor and an official of the central apparatus. The count did not seek “politics” with its intrigues and “parties”, but at the end of the reign of the stern Anna Ioannovna he came under investigation, which ended with a death sentence and confiscation of property, followed by the replacement of the execution by exile to the Solovetsky monastery. Investigative materials demonstrate instability in the upper echelons of society, when even loyal functionaries lost their careers, property, and sometimes their lives overnight.

Keywords

Peter I, P.I. Musin-Pushkin, A.P. Volynsky, Anna Ioannovna,

About the Author

I. V. Kurukin

Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation

Igor V. Kurukin, Dr. of Sci. (History), professor

6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125047

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For citation: Kurukin I.V. Count Platon Ivanovich Musin-Pushkin. The fate of a nobleman of the “palace coups epoch” (cultural aspect). RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2024;(9):42-65. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2024-9-42-65

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