Biography Shevich Ivan Georgievich
Shevich Ivan G. (Senior) – lieutenant-general, the grandson Serb Rodoslava Shevich, migrated in the XVI century. in Hungary, and belonged to an ancient noble family, who enjoyed a great love and respect at home. Originally located in the Austrian service, and then, owing to the machinations of heightened at court of Maria Theresa of the Hungarian party, by all means closest Serbs, with many of his compatriots left their homeland and settled in Russia. At the same time it went to Russia and Ryco Preradovic, founder of the names of de Preradovic. In 1752, all newcomers were sworn in Moscow, and then GULAG Archipelago "Elizabeth's decree of 21 th October 1753, soldiers and officers teams Shevich confirm to enter the Russian service. He was assigned to land on the right bank of the Northern Donets River between Lugan and Bakhmutov that has received since the name of the Slavic-Serbian, unlike the New Serbia, a team of GM Horvath, and at the request of Ivan Georgievich was established first hussar cavalry regiment. The fortified city Bakhmut was elected to the headquarters for the newly formed Shevich and Preradovic regiments. Adopted at the service of Lt. Col., Yves. Georg. Shevich was made in 1752 in a major-general, and in 1759 he was appointed head of the Slavic-Serbian, which is on the device of their (divided into companies, villages, trenches, each village, in addition to an ordinary name, still bore the name of his company enumerated ), similar to the Novo-Serbia, was the prototype of the later military settlements. 12 th August. 1764 Yves. Georg. Shevich was dismissed from the military and the civil service, with the production of a lieutenant-general and with pay. A year after his death is unknown. "He quarreled with the Russian Empire, Part 2; Soloviev. "History of Russia, Part V, p. 712, 724, 802. "The Senate Archive, Vol VIII, IV, AP Baranov. "Inventory imperial decree and the ordinances, for the XVIII century., Volume III, 10289, 10326, 10431, Bogdanovich. "Military-encyclopedic lexicon", ie XIV, ed. second; Phys. Sci. General Archives of the Military Ministry. Artamonova.