GIBSON, ALEXANDER ILYICH [SSNE 3892]
- Surname
- GIBSON
- First name
- ALEXANDER ILYICH
- Title/rank
- COLONEL
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- OFFICER
Text source
Alexander Gibson was a colonel in command of a regiment at Smolensk in 1650s. Possibly the same as Colonel John Gibson, who arrived in Russia in 1656 with his wife and F.Rose and embraced Orthodoxy (rebaptized Alexander?)D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996);(RGADA, f.141,op.3,No.23&f.396, op.1,ch.36, No.s53201-2; Phipps, p.395)
Service record
- RUSSIA, SMOLENSK REGIMENTS
- Arrived 1656-01-01, as COLONEL
- Departed 1656-12-31, as COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY