- Konstantin Igelström
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name=Konstantin Igelström
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birth_date=birth date|1799|5|8|mf=y
birth_place=Shumsk ,Russia
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death_date=death date and age|1851|11|11|1799|5|8|mf=y
death_place=Taganrog ,Russia Konstantin Gustavovich Igelström ( _ru. Игельстром, Константин Густавович; 1799 - 1851) Russian Decembrist from the noble Swedish family of
Igelström .Konstantin Igelstrom was born in the city of
Shumsk onMay 8 ,1799 . He graduated from theCadets Corps in 1816 and was made captain in 1825.Founder and head of the secret "
Society of Military Friends ", who initiated the protest of the "Livland Pioneer Battalion", arrested onDecember 27 ,1825 and put under surveillance inBelostok . The military court sentenced Igelstrom to death, but the highest decree ofNicholas I of Russia ofApril 15 ,1827 deprived him of all nobility titles and condemned to penal servitude during 10 years inSiberia . After serving the sentence, he was prohibited from visitingMoscow orSaint Petersburg and settled in the city ofTaganrog in 1843, where he worked as the assistant to the supervisor of the Taganrog's Customs' bonded warehouse. He died onNovember 11 ,1851 and was buried at the Taganrog's old cemetery.
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