GIBSON, ALEXANDER ILYICH [SSNE 3892]

Surname

GIBSON

First name

ALEXANDER ILYICH

Title/rank

COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

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