SVYATOPOLK MIRSKI DMITRIY IVANOVICH (DMITRIY KHARITON RYURIK MIRON). .
Adjutant general (1864), General altylerii (1873). Zona: Princess SOFIA YAKOVLEVNA ORBELIANI 1831-1879. Children: PETER 1857-1914, IRINA 1853, after the minister - the secretary of state of the great principality of Finnish V.K. of von DEN, OLGA 1855, after the Lieutenant Colonel, by prince A.A.BARYATINSKIM, MARY 1859, after the prince D.ORBELIANI.
Dymitr Iwanowicz Ksiaz Mirski-Swiatopolk
acceded ?
deceded 30.1.1899
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Vorgänger:Jan Tomasz Bogumil Mirski-Swiatopolk
Nachfolger: Piotr Dmitriewicz Mirski-Swiatopolk
(A. de G.)
On September 11, 1861, the Sovereign disembarked in Taman, on the border of the Caucasus ruled by the Governor General. In his retinue were: Adjutant General Prince Dolgoruki, Count Adlerberg, Count Lambert, Glazenap, and Physician in Ordinary Enokhin. Adjutant General Prince Orbeliani, the commander of the Kavkazski Army, with high persons in command, was waiting in the harbor. More than 500 peaceful and refractory Circassians had also come to Taman, to ask the Sovereign not to evict them from the Caucasus. The Emperor at once noticed the Circassian group and, having asked Prince Orbeliani who are they, quickly headed towards them. When the Monarch approached, all the Circassians, like one, took off their weapons, placed them on the ground, and reverentially bowed their heads. After that the eldest of them, having moved a little forward, articulated the following speech of welcome.
“Great Sovereign! We are fortunate that you paid on us your gracious attention; we are still more fortunate that, regardless of the recent war against your armed forces, you so magnanimously trusted us. We appreciate that very much, our Great Sovereign, and vow henceforth to be your true and loyal subjects. We know that you are the Czar of a great land, that there is no one in the world who is mightier than you; we also know that you have many, very many subjects, that we are among them only like a drop of water during a big rain. Nevertheless, we are asking you not to leave us, but to look at us like at the rest of your subjects. True, until now we were fighting against your armed forces, but we swear that in the future we will be the best and most loyal slaves of yours. Command us, Sovereign, and we are all ready to piously carry out all your commands. We will build roads, forts, barracks for your armed forces and we swear, that we shall live with them in peace and accord. Only do not evict us from those places, where our fathers and forefathers were born and lived. Henceforward, we will, on equal footing with your armed forces, defend these places from enemies to the last drop of our blood… Only do not evict us and look on us like on the rest of your loyal subjects…”
A profound silence reigned in the crowd during this speech and while it was being translated. No one even stirred. The Sovereign listened attentively to the Circassian elder and promised to do everything possible. As soon as these words were translated, joyous exclamations were heard among the Circassians, and the whole crowd moved accompanying the Czar with loud wishes of happiness and prosperity.
The impression the Circassians made on the Sovereign was most favorable, and he later repeatedly asked Prince Orbeliani about them.
The Sovereign spent the night in the newly reopened Temriuk. On September 12, he reached Ekaterinodar, where generals Melikov, Mirski, and Ivanov, welcomed him. Having listened to the public service in the old cathedral, where the first Chernomorians had transferred all the interior furniture of the main cathedral of the Zaporozhian Sech, he accepted bread and salt from the Russian armed forces. The Chernomorians did not stop saluting their important guest throughout the evening.
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The first column (The Kavkazski Line Battalions No No 32, 33, and 35, and the Combined Infantry Battalions No No 5, 6, 7, and 8; the Platoon of the 1st Kavkazski Engineering Battalion; the Mountain Division of the Sukhumski Fortress Artillery; the Combined Squadron of the Kutaisski Mounted-Irregular Regiment; the Squadron of the Tsebeldinski Mounted Militia; Ľ Squadron of the Sukhumski Permanent Militia.), under the command of Major General Shatilov, proceeded from Gagr to the valley of the Pskhu River; the second column (The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 13th Grenaderski Erivanski; the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 14th Grenaderski Gruzinski; the 1st Battalion of the 15th Grenaderski Tiflisski; the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 16th Grenaderski Mingrelski; the Kavkazski Grenaderski Infantry Battalion; the Platoon of the 1st Kavkazski Engineering Battalion; the Mountain Platoons NoNo 1 and 2 Batteries of the Kavkazski Grenaderski Brigade: half a squadron of the Donski, No 2 of the Cossack Regiment; half a squadron of the Convoy of the commander in Chief of the Army; the Convoy of the Commander of the Detachment and four squadrons of Foot Militia: the Emiretski, Mingrelski, and two Guriiski.), under the command of Lieutenant General Prince Sviatopolk-Mirski, moved from the former fortress of Sv. Dukh up the river of Mzimta; the third column (The 2nd Battalion of the Krimski Regiment; the 5th Battalion and the Hunting Command of the Sevastopolski Regiment; the 3rd Battalion of the Kubanski Regiment; the Samurski Infantry Battalion; the Platoon of the Mountain Battery of the 19th Artilleriiski Brigade; two squadrons of Cossacks, the Command of Engineers, and Militia.), of Major General Geiman, marched from the upper reaches of the Shakha River in parallel of the Main Range through the land of the mountain Ubykhs, and the fourth column (The infantry Battalion of the Apsheronski and Shirvanski Regiments; the Combined Infantry Battalion; a squadron of militia of the Verkhne-Kubanski Pristavstva (District); two Combined Squadrons of Cossacks of the 7th Brigade and the Platoon of Mountain Guns of the No 4 Battery.), under Major General Grabe, marched from the headwaters of the Little Laba across the Main Range of the Caucasus Mountain.
(http://circassianworld.5u.com/russo_circassian_war.html)
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