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Ivan PopovIvan Ivanovich Popov (Иван Иванович Попов), also known as Ioann Ioannovich Popov (Иоанн Иоаннович Попов), was a maternal great-great-grandfather of the composer, born around 1732 He was Deacon at the Church of Saint Nikita in Moscow; later an a regimental with the second Moscow Infantry Regiment, which participated in te Prussian War (1757–1763), before being stationed in Kiev (1763–1770). In 1770 he became Priest at the Church of Saint Sergiev in Saint Petersburg, where he remained until his death. He married Tat'iana Petrovna (b. around 1736), and they had three children: Mikhail (b. circa 1752), great-grandfather of the composer; Argippina (1756–1798); and Marfa (b. circa 1763) Ivan Popov died from consumption on 8/19 January 1783, and was buried at Okhtenskii Cemetery in Saint Petersburg. |