Jerschemsky (ЕРЖЕМСКИЙ) und die russische Tradition - Teil V /Jerschemsky (ЕРЖЕМСКИЙ) and the Russian tradition – Part V
Vorwort
Sie entstammt dieser Familie und fungiert zudem als deren bedeutende Verfechterin. Darüber hinaus ist sie Nachfahrin der Dynastie der Familie Fischer von Waldheim.
Seit dem Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts widmete sie sich der Erforschung der Geschichte ihrer Familie und ihrer Nachkommen und befasste sich kontinuierlich mit den
Geisteswissenschaften bedeutender Persönlichkeiten deutscher Herkunft.
Als Mitglied der Freunde des Russischen Museums hat sie ihre Archivbestände dem Staatlichen Russischen Museum vermacht. Aufgrund Ihrer Tätigkeit im Archiv der
Russischen Akademie der Wissenschaften war sie in der Lage, die letzten Lebensjahre von Alexander Alexandrowitch Fischer von Waldheim und seiner Familie, dem letzten
Direktor des Kaiserlichen Botanischen Gartens in St. Petersburg, zu rekonstruieren. Darüber hinaus verfasste sie Artikel und hielt Vorträge, die sich überwiegend mit der
deutsch-russischen Geschichte befassten.
(Veröffentlichungen: Sammelband „Deutsche in St. Petersburg. Biografische Aspekte des 18.–20. Jahrhunderts. Ausgabe 8“. Herausgeber: T. A. Schrader).
„Ich bewahre das Andenken an bedeutende Persönlichkeiten – russische Deutsche…” (Elena Fassman)
auf die kulturelle und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Russlands zu dieser Zeit hatten. Die vorliegende Familie wird von einem breiten Spektrum an Wissenschaftlern, Forschern,
Ärzten, kompetenten Handwerkern und Händlern in den Dienst des Fortschritts, des Selbstbewusstseins und der Selbstbestimmung gestellt.
zu lassen und die Problematik, Russisch zu sein, aus einer positiven Perspektive heraus zu betrachten.
Erzhemovka (Jerschemowka) im Bezirk Peterhof, Ropshinski (Ropscha rus. Ропшa), Kreis St. Petersburg in eine deutsche Familie geboren und lutheranisch in Skworitz
getauft. Seine Taufpaten waren Dr. med. August Kruber, rus. Август Крубер und die Witwe der Kollektivsekretärin Alexsandra Iwanowna Nerike, geb. Jerschemskaya,
rus. Александра Ивановна Нерике, урож. Ержемская. (…)
Foreword
The idea of researching the Jerschemsky family came quite unexpectedly and spontaneously after I met Elena Fassman.
She is a member of this family and also acts as its leading advocate. Furthermore, she is a descendant of the Fischer von Waldheim family dynasty. Since the beginning of the 21st century, she has devoted herself to researching the history of her family and its descendants and has continuously engaged with the humanities of prominent figures of German origin.
As a member of the Friends of the Russian Museum, she bequeathed her archive holdings to the State Russian Museum. Thanks to her work in the archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences, she was able to piece together the final years of the life of Alexander Alexandrovich Fischer von Waldheim and his family, the last director of the Imperial Botanical Garden in St Petersburg. In addition, she wrote articles and gave lectures, most of which dealt with German-Russian history. (Publications: Anthology ‘Germans in St Petersburg. Biographical Aspects of the 18th–20th Centuries. Issue 8’. Editor: T. A. Schrader).
“I preserve the memory of significant figures – Russian Germans…” (Elena Fassman)
From my perspective, it can be said that the Jerschemsky family, as well as some of the descendants of Sophie Fischer von Waldheim, had a significant influence
on the cultural and economic development of Russia at that time. This family is regarded by a wide range of academics, researchers, doctors, skilled craftsmen and traders in the service of progress, self-confidence and self-determination.
It can be noted that this history serves to present the extraordinary personalities of this country in a positive light and to view the complexities of being Russian from a positive perspective.
Peter Kurzec
Chapter 3: Yershemsky (Ержемский) and the Russian Tradition
(…) Not much is known about the ancestors of Konstantin Ivanovich Yershemsky, Russian: Константин Иванович Ержемский (1814–1866), the husband of Sophia Grigoryevna Fischer von Waldheim. In any case, like his father, he worked as a doctor at the village hospital in Yershemovka (Jerzhemovka, also Ershemovka). His name, depending on the transliteration, can be written in various ways, for example: Ershemskij, Eržemskij, Erzhemskij, Jerzhemskij or Jerschemsky, just as his daughter Elena (Helena) was recorded in the Lutheran parish register in Skvoritz. In the rest of my presentation, I have opted for the latter version. The name of the village bears a strong resemblance to his surname, which suggests that they may share the same etymological origin, and it cannot be ruled out that the ancestors of Konstantin Ivanovich were the namesakes of the village.
Jerzemski, derived from the name Jerzębski (also found in forms such as Jarzebski or similar), is a Slavic name originating from East Prussia in the Masovia region of central Poland. The surname can be traced back to a place name such as Jarzębie, Jarzębin, Jarzębowo or similar, which in turn is derived from the word “jarząb” (a tree or shrub with red berries, rowan). (…)
Chapter 3.1 The Fine Art of Photography
Alexander August Konstantinovich Yershemsky, a hereditary nobleman (Russian: Александр Август Константинович Ержемский), was born on 29 June 1845 on the family estate
of Erzhemovka (Yershemovka) in the Ropshinsky (Ropsh, Russian: Ропша), St Petersburg district, into a German family and was baptised as a Lutheran in Skvorits
. His godparents were Dr August Kruber, Russian: Август Крубер, and the widow of the collective secretary Alexandra Ivanovna Nerike, née Yershemskaya,
Russian: Александра Ивановна Нерике, урож. Ержемская. (…)
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At the age of thirty, he took up photography and quickly mastered the skills of this profession, which was still relatively new at the time. He won Russian and international prizes and published specialist books and textbooks on photography.
In 1885, A.K. Yershmsky began his work as a permanent member of the 5th Photography Section of the Imperial Russian Technical Society for Technical Education and the Commission for Public Lectures at the Ministry of Public Education. Alexander Konstantinovich devoted much work and energy to the development of pedagogy in Russia. The invention of photographic plates and photographic paper led to a renewed scientific boom in Russia. In 1900, Yershmsky was elected chairman of the 5th Photography Department, a position he held until his death in 1905. (…)