Dmitry Naryshkin

Dmitry Vasilyevich Naryshkin (September 1792 – December 20, 1831) was a military officer and official from the Naryshkin Family, a Real State Councillor, civil governor of the Taurida Governorate. Biography The youngest son of Major General Vasily Naryshkin (1740–1800) from his marriage to Anna Vorontsova (1750–1807), the eldest daughter of Count Ivan Vorontsov, granddaughter of the cabinet minister Volynsky. Born in Moscow and raised at home. From 1810, he served as a lieutenant in the Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment. Since 1812, he was adjutant under Lieutenant General Nikolay Raevsky. Participated in the Patriotic War of 1812, including the Battle of Borodino. For distinction in battles, he was awarded the Orders of Saint Anna, 3rd Class, and Saint Vladimir, 4th Class With a Bow. In 1813, he was promoted to second lieutenant, from 1814, to lieutenant, from 1815, to captain. Later he served in the Novoingermanland Regiment. In 1823, for health reasons, he was dismissed from military service with the rank of colonel. Naryshkin suffered from the consequences of numerous injuries and needed a mild climate. His second cousin, the Governor General of Novorossia, Count Mikhail Vorontsov, under whom Naryshkin was an adjutant, procured him a place as Governor of Tavria.