Stepan Nikitich Begichev
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| Native name | Степан Никитич Бегичев |
| Born | 22 July 1785 Yepifansky Uyezd, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 3 September 1859 (aged 74) |
| Allegiance | Russia |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army |
| Service years | 1795–1825 |
| Rank | Colonel |
Stepan Nikitich Begichev (Russian: Бегичев, Степан Никитич; 22 July 1785 – 3 September 1859) was a Russian colonel and memoirist.
His father was Captain Nikita S. Begichev and his mother was Alexandra Kologrivova. He had one brother, writer Dmitry Nikitich Begichev (b. 09/17/1786 - d. 11/12/1855) and one sister, Elizaveta Yablochkova (b. 1771 - d.1843). She was a writer, and grandmother of Pavel Yablochkov, inventor of the Yablochkov candle electric carbon arc lamp
He married Anna Baryshnikova on 29 April 1823. They had 6 children: Nikita (b. 1827), Nadezhda (b. 28 July 1828 – d. 1848) (Goddaughter of Alexander Griboyedov), Yekaterina (b. 1829 - d.) in a marriage Tilicheeva, Ivan (b. 1831), Dmitry (b. 1832), and Maria (b. 1833 - d. 1918).
He married Maria Lelu in 1844.