Tiezenghausen (1779 or 1780-1857)

The first exile to Yalutorovsk in 1829 was Vassili von Tiezenghausen, a colonel, a commander of the Poltavski infantry regiment, and a member of the Southern Decembrist Society. He was accused by the 7th grade. Tiezenghausen was acquainted with Pestel. One of the executed Decembrists Mikhail Bestuzhev-Rjumin served in his regiment. Tiezenghausen did not participate in the rebellion, since he was in Bobruisk at that time. Though he was arrested and sentenced to penalty servitude with further settlement in Siberia. Having arrived to Yalutorovsk Tiezenghausen built a house of his own in the outskirts of the town. According to the memories of his contemporaries he would conduct a solitary life. Some implications in his life-style would cause embarrassment in local residents. Being a Lutheran, he had no icons in his house, and would not receive local clergy even on great holydays. He was an admirer of Antique culture, and several times during fires he first rescued pieces of arts kept in his house. Strong health and diligence were the characteristics of Tiezenghausen. Despite he was the oldest among the exiled Decembrists, he was actively involved in physical labour. Near his house a garden was planted that gave to local residents first Siberian apples. Tiezenghausen lived over 20 years in Yalutorovsk. In 1853 at the age of 72 he was allowed to come back to his motherland, Narva, where he died in 1857.