Kirill Razumovsky
| Kirill Razumovsky | |
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Portrait of Count Kirill Razumovsky, by Louis Tocqué, 1758.
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| Hetman of Little Russia | |
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In office 1750–1764 |
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| Monarch |
Elizabeth Peter III Catherine the Great |
| Preceded by | office revived (previously Danylo Apostol) |
| Succeeded by | office liquidated |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Kyrylo (or Kirill) Rozum March 18, 1728 Lemeshi, Kiev Regiment, Cossack Hetmanate, Russian Empire |
| Died | January 9, 1803 (aged 74) Baturyn, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Nationality | Russian Empire |
| Spouse(s) | Yekaterina Ivanovna Naryshkina |
| Children | Aleksey, Andrey, Petr, Lev, Grigoriy, Ivan, Natalia, Elizabeth, Anna, Paraskeva |
| Religion | Christian Orthodox |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire |
| Rank | Field Marshal (1764) |
Count Kirill Grigoryevich Razumovsky (Russian: Кирилл Григорьевич Разумовский, Ukrainian: Кирило Григорович Розумовський, Kyrylo Hryhorovyč Rozumovs'kyj) (March 18, 1728 – January 1, 1803) was a Ukrainian Cossack-born Russian state figure from the Kozelets county of Kiev Regiment in Russian Empire, who served as the last Hetman of Little Russia on both sides of Dnieper until 1764 and then as Field marshal of Russian Imperial Army.
Razumovsky was born in a family of registered Cossacks out the Kiev regiment on March 18, 1728. The village Lemeshi where Razumovsky was born to this day stands in Kozelets Raion, Chernihiv Oblast.
From 1743 to 1744 Kirill Razumovsky studied at the University of Göttingen. Razumovsky's adjutant in his journey to Germany was Grigory Teplov. Teplov was wielded influence over Little Russia in his capacity as the secretary and advisor to Kirill Razumovsky (whose cousin he married). Razumovsky was appointed President of the Russian Academy of Sciences when he just turned 18 years old due to the influence of his brother, Aleksey Razumovsky, the morganatic husband of Empress Elisabeth of Russia.
In 1750, Razumovsky was elected and subsequently appointed Hetman of Zaporizhian Host, a title he held until Catherine II of Russia abolished this title in 1764, in exchange Razumovsky was granted a rank of Field marshal of Russian Army in 1764. During his service as Hetman of Zaporizhian Host, Baturin was re-established as residence of Hetman and Razumovsky had opulent baroque palaces erected both in Baturin as well as in Glukhov by the imperial architect Andrey Kvasov and Charles Cameron. Together with Grigory Teplov he also planned to open a university in Baturin. Kirill Razumovsky died in January 1803 in Baturin, where he was interred according to his wishes without any pomp, in stark contrast to his rather flamboyant lifestyle.
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