- Balthasar von Campenhausen
Infobox Person
name = Balthasar von Campenhausen
image_size = 200px
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birth_date = 1772
birth_place =Livonia ,Russian Empire
death_date = 1823
death_place =Saint Petersburg ,Russian Empire
occupation = stateman
spouse =Balthasar Balthasarovich Campenhausen (1772–1823) was a
Russia n statesman who held the ranks ofPrivy Councilor and Chamberlain.Baron Balthasar von Campenhausen was born in 1772 into a
Baltic German noble familyvon Campenhausen residing in the province ofLivonia (then part ofImperial Russia , nowLatvia andEstonia ). The ancestors of Balthasar Campenhausen served Swedish and Russian sovereigns. He studied in the universities ofLeipzig ,Wittenberg andGöttingen that he graduated with a thesis "Entwürfe zu physikalischen Völker-, Religions— und Kulturkarten des russischen Reiches" at the Royal Scientific Society. Balthasar Campenhausen served as ambassador toPoland andSweden , headed reorganization of the commercial school and medical surgery institution inSaint Petersburg and during the rule ofAlexander I of Russia , he was appointed director of the 3rd Department (medical dept.) at the RussianMinistry of Internal Affairs . In 1802, Russian EmperorAlexander I of Russia sent Campenhausen to the South Russian seaports on Black andAzov Sea to see the reasons for poor trade development and to provide quarantine conditions in the South ofRussia during the outbreak ofbubonic plague inTurkey andPersia .In 1805, Balthasar von Campenhausen was appointed
Governor of Taganrog , where he created: the Taganrog Customs district; the new slope to the haven; new stone storehouses for goods; started construction of coasting vessels for transportation of goods to other Russian ports on Black andAzov Sea s; inaugurated the navigation school, the commercial gymnasium and the commercial court; opened the first drugstore and introduced the posts of the city doctor and city midwife; opened the construction and building committee that planned the future city architectural development; introduced oil lighting in the streets; started the paving and greening of the streets; in April 1806 founded the City Park (now Gorky Park). Two streets inTaganrog were later named after Campenhausen: Bolshoy Campenhausenskiy (now: Comsomolskiy) and Malo-Campenhausenskiy (now: Spartakovskiy).In 1809, Campenhausen was named the State Treasurer, Privy Councilor in 1810, member of the State Council and senator in 1811, and Minister of Internal Affairs in 1823. He died in
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