On the upper part of the sub-frame, there is an inscription: Andrei Vasilyevich Boratynsky. It is not possible to determine the exact date of the painting creation, however, the clothes tells us, that the depicted personage was living approximately in 1780-s.
The story of Boratynskys started in the 14th century. According to the legend, the ancestor Dmitri Bozhedar received the family coat of arms named Korchak from Ludovicus, the king of Poland and Hungary for military victories on three rivers. One of the Bozhedar’s descendants became the founder of the Boratynskys family. The family name comes from the name of the family castle Boratyn (God’s Defence) in Galicia.
Around 1660, Ivan, one of the descendants of Boratynskys, left Poland, accepted the Orthodoxy and joined the service to Russian tsars. For that, he received a small family estate Goloshchapovo 150 km to the North of Smolensk.
Andrei Boratynsky was Ivan’s great-grandson. He was born around 1738 in Goloshchapovo. In 1753, he joined szlachta regimen of Smolensk as an ordinary soldier. This regimen enlisted only the sons of nobility (members of Polish gentry) which emerged in Smolensk region when it was part of Lithuanian principality. It was not a mandatory service, Polish gentry (szlachta) performed as old nobility regimen — they enlisted in spring, spent the summer in service, and wet back to their estates in the fall. There was no discipline, and no patrols on outposts.
In 1764, Catherine II dismissed the regimen. Andrei Boratynsky resigned commission in 1765 in the rank of lieutenant and returned to Goloshchapovo. In a year, he married Avdotya Yatsyna, the daughter of the neighbour landowner. They had seven children — Abram, Pyotr, Bogdan, Ilya, Alexander, Maria and Catherine. In the middle of 1780-s, Boratynsky joined the civil service in the rank of titular counsellor — the 9th grade in the Ranking Chart of Russian Empire. He was an associate judge in the court of Velsk parish of Smolensk region and served as the marshal of nobility. Andrei Boratynsky died in 1813 in Goloshchapovo.
Until 1919, the portrait of Andrei Boratynsky was in the collection of Mikhail Boratynsky, one of the descendants of the family. Then it was passed to the People’s Museum in Tambov.
The story of Boratynskys started in the 14th century. According to the legend, the ancestor Dmitri Bozhedar received the family coat of arms named Korchak from Ludovicus, the king of Poland and Hungary for military victories on three rivers. One of the Bozhedar’s descendants became the founder of the Boratynskys family. The family name comes from the name of the family castle Boratyn (God’s Defence) in Galicia.
Around 1660, Ivan, one of the descendants of Boratynskys, left Poland, accepted the Orthodoxy and joined the service to Russian tsars. For that, he received a small family estate Goloshchapovo 150 km to the North of Smolensk.
Andrei Boratynsky was Ivan’s great-grandson. He was born around 1738 in Goloshchapovo. In 1753, he joined szlachta regimen of Smolensk as an ordinary soldier. This regimen enlisted only the sons of nobility (members of Polish gentry) which emerged in Smolensk region when it was part of Lithuanian principality. It was not a mandatory service, Polish gentry (szlachta) performed as old nobility regimen — they enlisted in spring, spent the summer in service, and wet back to their estates in the fall. There was no discipline, and no patrols on outposts.
In 1764, Catherine II dismissed the regimen. Andrei Boratynsky resigned commission in 1765 in the rank of lieutenant and returned to Goloshchapovo. In a year, he married Avdotya Yatsyna, the daughter of the neighbour landowner. They had seven children — Abram, Pyotr, Bogdan, Ilya, Alexander, Maria and Catherine. In the middle of 1780-s, Boratynsky joined the civil service in the rank of titular counsellor — the 9th grade in the Ranking Chart of Russian Empire. He was an associate judge in the court of Velsk parish of Smolensk region and served as the marshal of nobility. Andrei Boratynsky died in 1813 in Goloshchapovo.
Until 1919, the portrait of Andrei Boratynsky was in the collection of Mikhail Boratynsky, one of the descendants of the family. Then it was passed to the People’s Museum in Tambov.
