Dyuk Richelieu biography

Born 25 14 according to the old style of September in the French port city of Bordeaux. Arman-Emmanuel receives an excellent education-at first a home under the leadership of Abbot de Labdan, then in the college of Du Plessie, founded by Cardinal Richelieu. When the Great French Revolution broke out, Richelieu leaves France. In Vienna, he meets Count de Langeron and Prince de Linem.

Together they arrive in Bender, where the headquarters of Prince Potemkin was located. The prince satisfies their request and sends to Izmail. During the assault, Ishmael Richelieu was wounded. He proceeds to military service in Gatchina. Here his acquaintance occurred, which later grew into friendship, with the grandson of the empress - the future emperor Alexander. Richelieu agrees to serve in Odessa, where without any adventures it arrives on March 9.

Two years will pass, and the monarch will sign a decree according to which the duke, preserving the position of mayor, becomes the Kherson military governor with the subordination of the Tauride and Yekaterinoslav provinces, as well as the troops of the Crimean inspection. A newly arrived mayor is located in a small house, consisting of five rooms, where the streets of Richelevskaya and Langeronovskaya intersect today.

Odessa, Richelevskaya street. There was a house in the place of this hotel in which Richelieu lived. Then the house was demolished and built the office of the mayor, later converted to the hotel. Both buildings, both left and right, were destroyed during the Second World War and squares were defeated in their place. The new mayor goes completely to work. His accessibility and democracy amazed others.

This immediately increased the influx of foreign ships. The city theater begins to develop livestock, for the first time wine -making enterprises appeared. Odessa is built up with beautiful buildings. The architecture of each house was agreed with Richelieu. The first theater, the first city hospital, the cathedral, the Catholic Church are being built, the construction of quarantine begins.

We note the craving of our ancestors to the beautiful: before the opening of the city theater, this happened in G. Wheat trade is rapidly developing - in the year, vessels sailed from Odessa with this precious cargo: in the year they were a little more than 3 rubles. The portrait of the artist T. that started in the year for the year the next war with Turkey forces Richelie to temporarily leave Odessa.

Having shown ingenuity, commanding the division, he is accurately conquering Akkerman, and then enters Kilia. In the year of Odessa, goods for 6 million were sold abroad. We note the main principle of Richelieu in relations with Odessa entrepreneurs - not to repair obstacles in their activities. The population of Odessa is also rapidly increasing, with the efforts of the mayor, the number of artisans increases sharply, among which the Germans prevail.

In the year, over 20 thousand Odessa lives in the city not only built - it is improved, decorated, acquiring the appearance of a European city. Subsequently, the reading public will be able to take advantage of the personal library of Richelieu, which the Duke will send to Odessa from France for an opened lyceum named after him. Together with the library, the Lyceum will also receive 13 francs to update it - Richelieu did not have much money.

The Richelevsky Lyceum for the year was one of the most tragic in the history of our city. First - Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Richelieu addresses the inhabitants of the city with a speech, calling for a worthy debris to the invaders. He donates 40 thousand rubles. Mass donations began, in total about 2 million were collected in Odessa. The people's militia was formed, which Richelieu himself decided to head.

But on Odessa, like the entire Novorossiysk Territory, a terrible epidemic of the plague fell upon. The duke remains and leads the struggle with this disaster.

He appeared in the most dangerous places, personally participating in the localization of infected areas. He has announced universal quarantine. And the plague mor began to retreat under the efforts of Richelieu and his selfless assistants. The most important thing: the plague was localized in the place of flash. 11 years of reign of Odessa Duke Richelieu passed, and on September 27, the day of farewell to the Odessa citizens with the Duke so loved by him comes.

The number of houses in the city now reaches 2; New buildings are constantly being erected, competing among themselves in strength and beauty about 25 million copper medal. Face. At the direction of Alexander I Richelieu, he goes to the Vienna Congress, which took place after the signing of the Paris world in connection with the fall of Napoleon and the restoration of royal power in France.

In this post, Richelieu is two periods: in and in years. Two months later, Richelieu will receive the highest Russian award from the hands of the Russian envoy - the Order of Andrei Pervoznan. The Duke of Arman-Emmanuel Du Plessi de Richelieu and de Frusak suddenly died on the night of May 17 from hemorrhage in the brain. He was only 55 years old. He was buried in the Church of the Sorbonne in Paris.

Odessaites of all generations are very fond of this magnificent creation of Martos.And the bronze Richelieu meets and escorts the vessels of the whole world visiting the Odessa port ... He is a permanent symbol of Odessa. The author of the memorable board is the famous Odessa sculptor Klim Stepanov, the idea of ​​creating a memorial plaque belongs to the hotel owner.