Dostoevsky's father

[Ken Lantz]

Dear Prof. Denner,

Just a short addendum to Michael Katz's reply to your query.
Dostoevsky's father retired from the army in December 1820, so his later
rank was civil rather than military.  He became a коллежеский ассесор in
1827 and  made it to the rank of  коллежеский советник before he retired.

This whole business of ranks is, as I'm sure you know, very complicated,
given a number of changes over the years.  If you want more detail
there's quite a good article on civil and military service in the 19th
century:  Д.И. Раскин, "Исторические реалии российской
государственности...," Из истории русской культуры, 5 (М., 2000), 662-830.

Sincerely,
Ken Lantz
Michael Denner wrote:

>Michael!
>I'm right in thinking that M. A. D., as a military doctor (штаб-лекарь), would not have been granted  one of the гражданские чины like  коллежский асессор (eight rank), rather one of the military ranks, logically майор, the equivalent in army terms... Is the dictionary wrong? Perhaps medical personnel are an exception?
>
>mad (but not FMD's father)
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>Dr. Michael A. Denner
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Katz [mailto:mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU]
>Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 4:38 PM
>To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's father
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>According to the entry in my spanking new Dostoevsky Encyclopedia by Kenneth
>Lantz (which arrived in the mail today!), M.A. Dostoevsky "attained the rank
>of collegiate assessor, entitling him to claim hereditary nobility status,
>which he did in 1828." (p. 108)
>
>Michael Katz
>Middlebury College
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>>From: Michael Denner <mdenner at STETSON.EDU>
>>Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
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>>Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:48:25 -0400
>>To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>>Subject: [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's father
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>>Does anyone know the rank that M. A. Dostoevsky (F. M.'s father)
>>achieved? I have read two conflicting accounts whether or not his father
>>reached a sufficiently high rank to receive hereditary nobility. (I
>>suspect it has to do with the changes to the Table instituted in 1845.)
>>
>>
>>
>>Curious,
>>
>>mad
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>>Dr. Michael A. Denner
>>Russian Studies Program
>>Director, Honors Program
>>Stetson University
>>Campus Box 8361
>>DeLand, FL 32724
>>386.822.7381 (department)
>>386.822.7265 (direct line)
>>386.822.7380 (fax)
>>http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner
>>
>>
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