ISIDOR (born Iakov Sergeevich Nikolsky) (1799-1892, St. Petersburg), religious figure, honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1857). After graduating from St. Petersburg Theological Academy in 1825, he took monastic vows under the name of Isidor and stayed in the academy as a teacher and librarian. He was elected a Member of Academy Conference in 1827, and was one of the monks of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. In 1829, he was made Archimandrite and Prior of SS. Peter and Paul Monastery of Mtsensk, and President of the Orel Theological Seminary. In 1833, he was appointed President of Moscow Theological Seminary. Isidor successively served as Bishop of Dmitrov and Vicar of Moscow Eparchy from 1834. He was made Bishop of Polotsk and Vilno in 1837, and Bishop of Mogilev in 1840. He was ordained Archbishop in 1841, and became Metropolitan in 1856. In 1844, Isidore assumed the post of Exarch of Georgia and member of the Synod, then the post of Metropolitan of Kiev in 1858. Since 1860, he served as Metropolitan of Novgorod, St. Petersburg and Finland and Prior of Alexander Nevsky Lavra, was the presiding member of the Holy Synod and the Chief Trustee of the Imperial Philantropic Society. Isidor directed the work on the complete translation of the Bible into Russian and contributed to it himself. He founded the Alexander Nevsky House for Care of Impoverished Clergymen and Diocesan School for Women in St. Petersburg in 1869. Isidore cared much about the development of ecclesiastical education and charity; some educational institutions and almshouses founded by him were consequently called Isidor's Institutions. He was also a member of Russian Geographic Society, Russian Archeological Society and other scientific societies. Isidor was buried at St. Isidor Church of Alexander Nevsky Lavra. In 1932, his remains were taken to Nikolskoe cemetery, where a cross was placed on his grave in 1988.

References: Здравомыслов К. Я. Иерархи Новгородской епархии от древнейших времен до настоящего времени: Крат. биогр. очерки. Новгород, 1897. С. 214-224.

A. I. Razdorsky.

13 February. At the house of the literary critic and A.Akhmatova's true friend N.V. Nedobrovo Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova presented her "treasured black ring" to the artist Boris Anrep who was the addresse of many poems written by A. Akhmatova . A.Akhmatova met again with B.Anrep only after 38 years.

19 April. Nicholas II, the Empress, Grand Duchess Yelizaveta Fiodorovna took part in the funeral service for the soldiers perished during the war at the Communal cemetery in Tsarskoye Selo.

20 April. Poet Sergei Esenin did military service for a fixed period as an orderly (he served until 17 March 1917 ) at the military train no. 143 of Empress Alexandra Fiodorovna, the train was attributed to the hospital of the Fiodorovsky Town.

12 August. Aerodrome and barracks of the Aviation unit were constructed near the Fiodorovsky Town.

5 November. The laying of the wooden church for the future complex of the Serafimovsky hospital-shelter of A.A. Vyrubova took place outside the Alexander Park and near the dam connecting the Kuzminka River and the Lower Llama Pond. The religious service was performed by Melkhisedek, the bishop of Kronstadt, with the assistance of A.Vasilyev, an archpriest and the confessor of Their Imperial Majesies, and A.Belyayev, the senior prist of the Fiodorovsky Cathedral, and Isidor, a bishop, in the presence of the Empress and Grand Duchesses and also A.Vyrubova with G.Rasputin.

25 November. In the Alexander Palace Nicholas II presented Grand Duke Pavel Aleksandrovich, the commander of the 1st Guard Corps, with the Order of St. Georgy.

November. Father Ioann (Kochurov) was appointed as the parish prist of the Cathedral of St. Catherine in Tsarskoye Selo .

17 December. The news about the murder of Grigory Rasputin had been arrived in Tsarskoye Selo.
The constructing of the 1st stage of the ensemble of barracks of the Own His Imperial Majesty Escort was finished by the architect V.N. Maksimov.

21 December. The zinc coffin with the body of G.E. Rasputin was secretly buried in the church being built at the Serafimovsky shelter of Tsarskoye Selo in the presence of the Imperial Famili (with the exeption of Tsesarevich Alexei) and several of close family friends. Archpriest A. Vasilyev performed the funeral service .

31 December. In the Alexander Palace, Nicholas II received Buchanan, the English ambassador, at the State Cabinet and the ambassador had the unsucceful attempt to persuade the Tsar on the compromise with Russian bourgeoisie concerning the interior policy. Akhmatova Anna Andreevna
Alexandra Fedorovna, Empress
Anrep, Boris Vasilyevich
Belyayev, Afanasy Ivanovich, archpriest
Buchanan George William
Elizaveta Fedorovna, Grand Princess
Esenin Sergey Alexandrovich
Ioann Kochurov, Archpriest
Isidor (Yakov Sergeevich Nikolsky)
Maksimov, Vladimir Nikolayevich
Nedobrovo, Nikolay Vladimirovich
Nicholas II, Emperor
Pavel Alexandrovich, Grand Prince
Payevsky, Mikhail Lvovich (Melkhisedek)
Rasputin Grigory Efimovich
Vasilyev, Aleksandr Petrovich, archpriest
Vyrubova Anna Alexandrovna