Alexander Timashev

Alexander Yegorovich Timashev (15 April 1818 – 1 February 1893) was a Russian statesman. He served as Adjutant General (1859), Cavalry General (1872); Chief of Staff of the Gendarme Corps and Manager of the Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery (1856–1861); Minister of Posts and Telegraphs (1867–1868); and Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire (1868–1878). Biography Alexander Timashev came from an old noble family. Born 3 April 1818, in the Orenburg Province, where at that time his father served and owned the estate. The son of Major General Yegor Timashev and his wife Ekaterina Alexandrovna, née Zagryazhskaya. Educated at the Noble Boarding School at the Imperial Moscow University and at the School of Guards Ensigns and Cavalry Junkers. On 27 September 1835, he was released from the School and enlisted as a non–commissioned officer in the Izmailovsky Life Guards Regiment, and a year later, on 3 December 1836, he was promoted to sub–ensign. On 1 September 1837, he received his first officer rank – ensign, on 12 September of the same year, he was transferred to the Life Guards Grenadier Regiment.