Heyden Petr

Born in 1840, died in Moscow on June 15, 1907, Mr.. The gunner on the higher special education, he did not spend long in the military service, then a member of the District Court in Voronezh and St. Petersburg, vice-chairman of the St. Petersburg District Court and a member of the St. Petersburg of the Chamber. In introducing this activity is not only a deep understanding of the spirit and meaning of laws, but also a fine assessment of the conditions of everyday life, he was an enemy of the mechanical application of articles of the Code and judicial charters. Entering the life situation of each case and replacing, . where possible, . legalistic compassionate attention to looking for or waiting for justice, . He was a true guardian and with humane law, . alien to the discretion of the overbearing and callous closure,
. These properties were expressed in a variety of written court decisions on compensation for railroad injury, on the interpretation of spiritual testaments, for family, for any claims maintenance from their husbands wives. After a brief tenure as Chief of Staff for the adoption petitions, . an offering to the Sovereign (from 1886 to 1890), . with its legal sense had to put another obstacle blatant harassment, . he gave zemstvo, . Taking, . as Opochka district marshal of nobility, . active and diverse participation in the work of the county and the Pskov provincial zemstvos,
. In 1891 - 92 years, he has a hot personal involvement in famine relief personally gone to Simbirsk to distribute collected by English Quakers, and assigned him 50 000 rubles, with the participation of farmers, country doctor, and rural teachers. That same kind of activity on behalf of the organization, hosted by St. Petersburg society escort of public health, he was engaged in 1905. in Opochka County. For similar works should be classified, and his participation in the meetings of the Russian-Dutch committee in St. Petersburg for a parcel in 1904. two detachments nurses in the army in Manchuria. Elected in 1895. the presidency of the Imperial Free Economic Society, . Count Heyden devoted all their energies to upholding the rights of the society and the associated St. Petersburg Committee of literacy against all kinds of restraints and bureaucratic influences, . protecting the oldest in Russia, its society is a continuous work and cares for ten years,
. Along with this, he took an active part in those meetings agrarian leaders about the urgent needs of the country, which all developing, played such an influential role in 1904 and 1905 respectively. In "Proceedings of the Free Economic Society" published fulfillment of civic courage and firmness of his letter to the Minister of the Interior von Plehve the announcement by warning him to participate in the meeting zemstvos, . occurs in the chairman of the Moscow Zemstvo D.N,
. Shipova in May 1902. President and active member of zemstvo Congresses, . a patient and attentive listener debate, . a skilful helmsman and unifying diverse forces, . direct and frank, . He was one of the organizers and members of the deputation Zemsky Congress, . is June 6, 1905, Mr.,
. heard at Peterhof, the words "on the indomitable will convene the royal elected by the people". According to their beliefs Heyden belonged to the people, which may be given the name of progressive conservatives, to those who were summoned to the work of the great reforms of Alexander II. These reforms, updating and changing the social system, which inevitably would lead to the creation of the state system, is closely associated with the beginnings of popular representation and the treatment of subjects into citizens. Count Heydens was given to provide all facilities, brought to life the great reforms, and to suffer them to clear traffic, but he had a trust in the people's forces and therefore do not lose heart and do not lost heart. He knew how to defend what was dear in the past and strive to create what was needed in the future. In this sense, it is established party "renewal of the peace" in the first State Duma, of which he was elected in 1906. Here he had no time to stand in opposition to the majority, but this difference did not hesitate to trust in the purity of his motives, and respect for his personality. His death has caused almost all the existing parties, we have a sense of loss of human, . whether, . whether he was a political ally or an adversary, . loss leader, . unflinching honesty, . bold sincerity and moral disinterestedness of which were no doubt,
. Party of "peaceful renewal, as well as the Free Economic Society published in 1907. brochure, dedicated to his memory and detailed review of its activities (see. "Proceedings of the Party of Free Economic Society" for 1907, N 6). His book is dedicated to the memory п?.пє. Kony, "On the path of life". Count Heyden buried in his estate "Deep" in Opochka County Pskov province. A. K.