Commandant of Sevastopol from Buisky district: Admiral Pavel Pereleshin and Kostroma

Russian naval commander Pavel Alexandrovich Pereleshin was born on June 27, 1820 in the estate of Shchetinino, Kostroma province.

On the river Koroge in the Bui district lived many poor nobles. The estates generated little income. The estates were split. The girls were given a dowry, the rest was distributed among numerous male offspring. There was nothing left for the boys but to serve. But service in St. Petersburg, and even in the Guard, not only did not bring money, but also required large funds for uniforms and other attributes of capital life. There was a fleet left.

Under Catherine II, sea service was so difficult and dangerous that "except for the poor nobles ... and the children in the navy of officers, there is no one who would dare to join it." So began to form the dynasty of future admirals in areas where there were not only seas, but even decent rivers.

In these families, naval service was like a tradition, one son after another was given to the Marine Corps of St. Petersburg, whose fathers or grandfathers served in the navy. The surname that gave a particularly large number of naval officers to our fleet is Pereleshiny, whose estates were for the most part within the boundaries of the Bui district. In the estate of Shchetinino Buisky district, more than 20 sailors were born and grew up, representatives of four generations of this family, wrote Kostroma genealogist Alexander Grigorov.

Alexander Leontievich Pereleshin resigned as a non-commissioned lieutenant. That was the first officer at the time. He went to his schetinino. 12 children were born, six of the seven sons graduated from the Marine Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg. They served well on different ships. Some of them participated in the defense of Sevastopol (remembering Homer’s Iliad, it was called “Russian Troy”).

Maria Gottseva in her satirical story “Life-Being on Koryoga” described such an episode from the life of an elderly poor nobleman:

“One morning he was riding with a cart of wood on a small horse, and he was wearing a fur coat and a kaftan.” Suddenly, he is caught up with a good road cabin, in which two soldiers were sitting in rich coats. The man shouted to the old man, “to the right!” The poor old man hastened; his hands tremble with old age and cold; the horse rests and will come out of the way. He removes his hat and, baring his grey head, humbly asks the batman to defuse, that is, not to rush. Here the sons recognize their father in the old man, jump out of the kibbitka and fall in front of him at his feet. The old man was frightened, thought that they were laughing at him, and he himself was ready to fall on his knees. Father, bless us; we are your sons.

The writer does not give names or surnames. But in time it coincides with the return home of Pavel and Mikhail Pereleshin. Not only the district Bui, but also the entire Kostroma province solemnly welcomed them as participants in the defense of Sevastopol. Michael soon died of his wounds, and Paul became commandant of the destroyed city. He helped to build a peaceful life.

Sevastopol people still honor him today. When he died on February 20, 1901, he was buried in the Vladimir Cathedral of the revived city.

Admiral Pavel Pereleshin was a member of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. The Kostroma branch of the Russian Geographical Society sent discs with a documentary about the “non-evastopol Sevastopol” to all schools of the region.

In 2025, the name of Pavel Pereleshin was immortalized on a memorial plaque on the Avenue of Recognition, included in the red route of daily excursions."Kostroma at 15:15.".

According to the materials of the scientific consultant of the project “Kostroma at 15:15” candidate of cultural studies Larisa Sizintseva.