Evgenii Petrovich Obolenskii

Prince Yevgeny Petrovich Obolensky (, – ) was a Russian officer from the Obolensky family, one of the most active participants in the Decembrist revolt.

Biography Yevgeny Obolensky was born in family of Prince Pyotr Nikolaevich Obolensky (1760–1833), the future governor of Tula. He was educated at home. At first, he served in the military together with his younger brother Konstantin. In March 1814, they entered the 1st training squadron of the Life Guards Artillery Brigade; on 14 October 1817 they were transferred to the Life Guards Pavlovsky Regiment. Obolensky was a supporter of the unification of the Northern and Southern Societies, and conducted negotiations on this in 1824 with Pavel Pestel.

Obolensky was condemned to deprivation of his princely title and on 10 July 1826 he was sentenced to life imprisonment; on 21 July 1826 shipped to Siberia. Even before his arrival on 27 August 1826 in Irkutsk, the term of penal servitude was reduced to 20 years.

Together with Aleksandr Yakubovich, he was sent to the Usolye-Sibirskoye salt plant, but on 6 October 1826, he was returned to Irkutsk and on 8 October, he was sent to the Blagodatsky mine. On 20 September 1827 he was sent to the Chita prison, where he arrived on September 29, suffering from scurvy.