Exhibition of a single portrait 'Nazimov's Sixteen Horses'

About exhibition

The artist Nikolai Dmitrievich Melnikov created the portrait of a participant of the Patriotic War of 1812, Yevgeny Petrovich Nazimov, at the time when the latter served as police chief (politsmeyster) in Yaroslavl in 1835–1838. The numerous decorations adorning the uniform in the portrait attest to the cavalry officer's glorious combat past. Nazimov's first military campaign was with the Life Guard Horse Regiment, and he took part in the Battle of Austerlitz on 2 December 1805. In 1808 he went to war with Sweden, where he fought under Major General N. M. Borozdin, was later assigned to the vanguard detachment of Y. P. Kulnev, and participated in the famous crossing onto the Swedish shore over the ice of the Gulf of Bothnia. During the Patriotic War of 1812 Nazimov served in the Grodno Hussar Regiment and defended the St. Petersburg sector. An official document noted that in the campaigns of 1812–1813 sixteen of his own horses were killed under Nazimov. 'As a reward for such loss and in recognition of his excellent service,' the brave hussar was granted 2,000 rubles in banknotes from the treasury. In 1813, at the Battle of Bautzen, Nazimov captured a 12‑gun battery and was wounded. His exploits were recognized with the Order of St. George, 4th class, and the Prussian Order 'For Merit.' The portrait of Yevgeny Petrovich Nazimov is being shown to the public for the first time.