Alexey Razumovsky (born 1748)

Alexey Razumovsky
Алексей Разумовский
2nd Minister of Public Education of the Russian Empire
In office
1810–1816
Preceded byPyotr Zavadovsky
Succeeded byAlexander Golitsyn
Personal details
BornSeptember 23, 1748[1]
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
DiedApril 4, 1822[1] (aged 73)
Pochep, Mglinsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Resting placeNovgorod–Seversky
SpouseVarvara Sheremeteva (1750–1824)
ChildrenAntony Pogorelsky,[2] Anna Perovskaya, Olga Perovskaya, Nikolay Perovsky, Varvara Repnina–Volkonskaya, Lev Perovsky, Ekaterina Razumovskaya
Parent
AwardsOrder of Saint Vladimir
Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky

Count Alexey Kirillovich Razumovsky (September 23, 1748 – April 4, 1822) was a Russian[3] statesman from the Razumovsky Family. Son of Count Kirill Razumovsky from a marriage with Yekaterina Naryshkina, brother of Andrey Razumovsky; son–in–law of Count Peter Sheremetev (from 1774), father–in–law of Sergey Uvarov (from 1811).[3]

Acting Chamberlain (1775), Senator (1776–1807), Minister of Public Education (1810–1816). Active Privy Councillor (1807). The builder of the Gorenki Estate near Moscow and the Palace on the Yauza. The ancestor of the Perovsky nobles: father of Antony Pogorelsky, grandfather of Alexey Tolstoy, great–grandfather of Sophia Perovskaya.

  1. ^ a b ThesaurusConsortium of European Research Libraries
  2. ^ Pogorelsky // Brief Literary Encyclopedia – Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1968 – Volume 5 – Pages 825–826
  3. ^ a b Razumovsky (Alexander Feofanov)