Prince Yevgeny Petrovich Obolensky was a Russian officer from the Obolensky family, one of the most active participants in the Decembrist revolt.
Biography
Yevgeny Obolensky was born in family of Prince Pyotr Nikolaevich Obolensky, the future Tula's governor. He got a home education. At first, he served in the military together with his younger brother Konstantin: In March 1814, they entered the 1st training squadron of the Life Guards Artillery Brigade; October 14, 1817 were transferred to the Life Guards Pavlovsky Regiment. Obolensky was a supporter of the unification of the Northern and Southern Societies, and conducted negotiations on this in 1824 with Pavel Pestel. He was elected chief of staffon the eve of the uprising, and on December 14, 1825, commander of the insurgent forces instead of Sergei Trubetskoy who failed to show up. In the course of the uprising, Obolensky was arrested and imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress on December 15. Obolensky was condemned on the I category with deprivation of a princely title and on July 10, 1826 he was sentenced to perpetual hard labor; on July 21, 1826 shipped to Siberia. Even before his arrival on August 27, 1826 in Irkutsk, the term of penal servitude was reduced to 20 years. Together with Aleksaandr Yakubovich, he was sent to the Usolye-Sibirskoye salt plant, but on October 6, 1826, he was returned to Irkutsk and on October 8, 1826, he was sent to the Blagodatsky mine. September 20, 1827 he was sent to the Chita prison, where he arrived on September 29. Sick scurvy. On November 8, 1832, the term of penal servitude was reduced to 15 years, and on December 14, 1835 to 13 years. After serving the labor term, Obolensky was exiled to Kaluga. There he continued to engage in social activities. He took part in the preparation of the Emancipation reform of 1861. He asked for permission to live in Moscow. The first petition was rejected on December 15, 1857. The second petition was granted on April 2, 1861. Obolensky died in Kaluga on February 26, 1865. Buried at Pyatnitskoye Cemetery.
