Russian Actors

Pospelov Baron Vasily (1699) – equerry at the court of Empress Anna Ivanovna, Peter the Great's favorite batman, born in Moscow. Having received no education and no different brilliant abilities, he was placed in the sovereign's choir singing, where he remained for a long time. When the PA was 20 years old, Sire, gently on Sundays and public holidays, visited the church where he used to become the choir together with the choir, making sure that kindness, straightforwardness and modesty of the young choir boy, took him to his orderly and soon became so attached to him that positively could not do without his services and society. Since then, the AP entered into a large force, and bezotluchno being near the person of Peter until his death, enjoyed his unlimited confidence and location. Diary of a gentleman of the bedchamber Bergholz clearly indicates the closeness to the Emperor and the value of AP: diary pages are full of stories about the life of Peter the Great, in whose name Pospelova often occurs mostly when describing the events of the private life of Emperor. It fawned and its location sought the most influential and most distinguished persons of the court, as well as many personages of the royal family. He was bribed by the young, who had no support at court, Prince Frederick of Holstein, who dreamed to get a hand eldest Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna, and his frequently visited the Emperor and Grand Duchess sit and stay with him, taking his food. His protection and patronage searched many, and he never refused anyone, regardless of the fact whether it is an influential person, or not. The Emperor loved him so, that sometimes in the presence of many dignitaries began to talk with Vasily Petrovich, preferring his company to society of these persons. Bergholz, wondering how Peter could become attached to this simple and uneducated chorister very unattractive and not distant mind says that the king sometimes took Pospelova his head and kissed it, not embarrassed by the presence of unauthorized persons. According to Bergholz, the imperial court painter Dannengauerom was written, probably at the request of Peter the Great, portrait Pospelova life-size, on which he was depicted completely naked, in a pose of Vechta. In this way he got on the canvas because differed strongly developed muscles. The death of the emperor to stop the further effect of PI at the court, paving it, however, the way to the rise and honors. Institute of orderlies was abolished. Empress Catherine I-I, which Pospelov also provided several services, wishing to reward him, asked him what title he would like to wear? He asked for a gentleman of the bedchamber, and in March 1725 was granted to this title. He was happy and calm nature, good for all attitude and complete lack of ambition enabled him to avoid involvement in the struggle of parties and the court have earned him the location of various directions and warring camps. In the reign of Peter II-th, using the location of the young Dolgorukov, which in the late sovereign, he helped in some important matter, Pospelov was granted to the 8 th July 1728 a baron. Russian accession to the throne, the Duchess of Courland Anna Ivanovna did not hurt, like many others, Vasily Petrovich career: a new empress remembered the old services rendered to her favorite batman of his uncle, and 6 th March 1780 granted him the title and Equerry to the rank of Privy Councillor . The subsequent fate of Vasily Petrovich and the year of his death are unknown. He was married to Anastasia Ivanovna Dmitrieva-Mamonova, daughter of Ivan Illich, but posterity has not left. "Court of the Russian emperors in its past and present, in 4 parts. Compiled by N. Volkov, St. Petersburg. 1900; Part I-nd, p. 9; "Diary gentleman of the bedchamber Bergholz" in 4 parts. Annex to the "Russian Archives" for 1902 and 1903., Part I, p. 86; Part II, p. 54, 214, Part III, p. 12, 55, 94, 149, Part IV, p. 65, 86; "Complete Collection of Laws", m, VII, p. 474, v. XIV, p. 162-164; "Memores du prince Pierre Dolgoroukow", v. I et II, a-ere livre. Geneve. 1867 and 1871, chapitre 5, pages 218-219. B. Alekseevskii.