Princess Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova Russian: Екатери́на Рома́новна Воронцо́ва-Да́шкова; 28 March 1743 – 15 January 1810 was the closest female friend of Empress Catherine the Great and a major figure of the Russian Enlightenment. She was part of a coup d’etat that placed Catherine on the throne. Vorontsova-Dashkova was the first woman in the world to head a national academy of sciences and helped found the Russian Academy.
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin Russian: Пётр Арка́дьевич Столы́пин, IPA: ; 14 April 1862 – 17 September 1911 was a Russian politician. He was the third Prime Minister of Russia, and Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire from 1906 to his assassination in 1911. Born in Dresden, Germany, to a prominent Russian aristocratic family, Stolypin became involved in government from his
Count Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Спера́нский; 12 January 1772 – 23 February 1839 was a Russian reformist during the reign of Alexander I of Russia, to whom he was a close advisor. He later served under Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. Speransky is referred to as the father of Russian liberalism. The main sources for studying the activities
Count Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev Russian: Никола́й Петро́вич Румя́нцев; 3 April 1754 – 3 January 1826), born in Saint Petersburg, was Russia’s Foreign Minister and Chancellor of the Russian Empire in the run-up to Napoleon’s invasion of Russia (1808–12). He was the son of Field Marshal Pyotr Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky from the Rumyantsev comital family. Official career[edit] Rumyantsev was the first envoy of Russia to the Holy Roman Empire after Russia became
Count Kirill Grigoryevich Razumovsky Russian: Кирилл Григорьевич Разумовский, Ukrainian: Кирило Григорович Розумовський Kyrylo Hryhorovych Rozumovsky; 18 March 1728 – 1 January 1803 was a Russian Imperial state figure of Ukrainian Cossack descent, who served as the last Hetman of Zaporizhian Host on both sides of the Dnieper (from 1750 until 1764) and then as Field marshal of Russian Imperial Army. He was also a President of the St. Petersburg Imperial
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin /ræˈspjuːtɪn/; Russian: Григорий Ефимович Распутин ; 21 January 1869 – 30 December 1916 was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia, and gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia. Rasputin was born to a peasant family in the Siberian village of Pokrovskoye in the Tyumensky Uyezd of Tobolsk Governorate (now Yarkovsky
Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski /pəˈtɛmkɪn/, also UK: /pɒˈ-/, US: /poʊˈ-, pəˈtjɔːm-/; Russian: Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин-Таври́ческий, tr. Grigórij Aleksándrovich Potjómkin-Tavrícheskij, IPA: ; October 11 1739 – October 16 1791 was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favourite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Jassy, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen. Potemkin was born into a family of middle-income noble landowners. He first attracted Catherine’s favor for
Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev Russian: Константи́н Петро́вич Победоно́сцев, IPA: ; 21 May 1827 – 23 March 1907 was a Russian jurist, statesman, and adviser to three Tsars. He was the chief spokesman for reactionary positions. He was the “éminence grise” of imperial politics during the reign of Alexander III of Russia, holding the position of the Ober-Procurator of the
Orlov Russian: Орлóв is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, scientists, diplomats, and soldiers. The family first gained distinction in the 18th century through the achievements of five Orlov brothers, of whom the second eldest was Catherine the Great’s paramour, and two younger brothers were notable military commanders. Contents 1Orlov brothers 1.1Grigory Grigoryevich
Karl Robert Reichsgraf von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven, also known as Charles de Nesselrode, Lisbon, Portugal, 14 December 1780 – Saint Petersburg, 23 March 1862; Russian: Карл Васильевич Нессельроде, Karl Vasilyevich Nesselrode was a Russian German diplomat. For forty years (1816-1856) Nesselrode as foreign minister guided Russian policy; he was a leading European conservative statesman of the Holy Alliance. Contents 1Biography 2Honours 3Cuisine legacy 4References