| Timofey Yefremovich Fan-der-Flit | |
| Native Name: | Тимофей Ефремович Фан-дер-Флит |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Office: | Olonets Governor |
| Term Start: | 1825 |
| Term End: | 1827 |
| Predecessor: | Andrey Ivanovich Rykhlevsky |
| Successor: | Vasily Gavrilovich Muratov |
| Office2: | Kostroma Vice-Governor |
| Term Start2: | 1821 |
| Term End2: | 1824 |
| Office3: | Arkhangelsk Vice-Governor |
| Term Start3: | 1818 |
| Term End3: | 1821 |
| Birth Date: | 16 July 1775 |
| Birth Place: | Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Death Date: | 2 September 1843 (aged 68) |
| Death Place: | Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Resting Place: | Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery |
| Citizenship: | Russian Empire |
| Spouse: | Tatyana Fyodorovna Sukhotina |
| Father: | Yefrem Ivanovich |
| Education: | Naval Cadet Corps |
| Blank1: | Family |
| Data1: | Fan-der-Flit |
Timofey Yefremovich Fan-der-Flit (Russian: Тимофей Ефремович Фан-дер-Флит; 16 July 1775 – 2 September 1843) was a statesman of the Russian Empire, Privy Councillor and Olonets Governor.[1]
His ancestors were merchants who moved in the first half of the 18th century from Holland to Arkhangelsk. Born in Saint Petersburg, in the family of Yefrem Ivanovich Fan-der-Flit, the head of the border guard and director of the Kronstadt customs.
After graduating from the Saint Petersburg Naval Cadet Corps in 1790, he served in the Imperial Navy.
In 1804, he retired with the rank of captain lieutenant and served in the Ministry of Finance.
In 1812, he was initiated into Freemasonry in the Saint Petersburg Lodge of "Елизаветы к добродетели".
Since 1816, he was appointed director of the Onega Timber Exchange in the Arkhangelsk Governorate.
In 1818, he was appointed vice-governor of the Arkhangelsk Governorate.
Between 1821 and 1824 he served as the vice-governor of the Kostroma Governorate.
From October 1825 to September 1827 he was governor of the Olonets Governorate.
From 1827 he was a member of the Council of the State Audit Office of the Ministry of Finance.
In 1828, he was granted nobility.
In 1841, he retired with the rank of privy councillor.
He was familiar with Alexander Pushkin, and he was friends with the Decembrist poet Fyodor Glinka, who was exiled to Petrozavodsk.
He died on 2 September 1843 in Saint Petersburg. He was buried at the Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery.
He was married to Tatyana Fyodorovna Sukhotina (1776—1854), daughter of major Fyodor Grigorievich Sukhotin (1743—1814), from the marriage to Anna Nikolaevna Sokovnina. Their children: