Yakov Turgenev
Yakov Fyodorovich Turgenev (Russian: Яков Фёдорович Тургенев) was a court jester[1] to Peter I of Russia, Anatoly Demidov and a Kiev colonel.[2]
Early life
Yakov Turgenev was born in the 17th century in the Russian Empire.[1] His father was Fyodor Vasilievich Turgenev. He had seven grandfathers:
- Peter Nikitich Turgenev[3]
- Gregory Nikitich Turgenev
- Boris Nikitich Turgenev
- Vasily Nikitich Turgenev
- Osip Fedorovich Turgenev
- Vasily Fedorovich Turgenev
- Andrey F. Turgenev
Children
Career
In 1671 he joined the service of the Reitarska system. In 1683, he was invited to the estate in Vorotynsky County. In 1694, he commanded a company in the Kozhuhovskaya campaign.[5]
In 1700 Peter I ordered Turgenev to hold a wedding parody[1] that was a parody of traditional customs. Ivan Fedorovich Romodanovsky portrayed the king and the queen was played by Ivan Buturlin.[3] At the wedding Turgenev lampooned the boyars, following Peter's speech about cutting the boyars' beards.
Death
Yakov Turgenev died at age 45 during a cruel joke of The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters, having drunken himself to death.[3]
Sources
References
- 1 2 3 "Шуты Петра I". Вестник К. Archived from the original on 2023-01-01. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
- ↑ "Историческая правда". Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
- 1 2 3 4 "Исторические предания рода Тургеневых. Н.М. Чернов". turgenev.org.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
- ↑ Related tree buffoon Yakov Turgenev. ru.rodovid.org
- ↑ "Яков Тургенев. Недостоверная биография". Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ↑ "Портрет Якова Тургенева. Шут Петра I". Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ↑ "Неизвестный художник. Портрет Якова Тургенева". Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ↑ "Русская портретная галерея. Яков Тургенев". Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-11.