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A Portrait of Zavadovsky by Stepan Shchukin
Pyotr Zavadovsky (1739–1812) was a Russian Imperial statesman of Ukrainian origin. He was a favourite (lover) of Russian Empress Catherine the Great from 1776 to 1777.
Count Zavadovsky was named official secretary to Catherine in 1775 and became her lover on 2 January 1776. He is described as serious and cultivated and he is regarded to have been genuinely in love with Catherine. Their relationship was tense because of the jealousy he felt toward Grigory Potemkin, who still had a relationship with Catherine, although Zavadovsky had replaced him in a sexual sense, and Potemkin was also said to have had difficulties accepting the situation. The relationship was ended because of the continuing pressure. In 1778, Catherine contemplated recalling him, but was then introduced to Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov. Zavadovsky became the highest official in the empire’s educational system. [1]
In 1780 he was appointed a privy councillor; in 1781, he became the director of the state bank. He later became a senator and, at the end of his life, the minister of education under Czar Alexander I.[2]
^Plokhy, Serhii (2017). Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation. New York: Basic Books. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-465-09849-1.
^Massie, Robert K (2011). Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman. New York: Random House. p. 445. ISBN 978-0-679-45672-8.
PyotrZavadovsky (1739–1812) was a Russian Imperial statesman of Ukrainian origin. He was a favourite (lover) of Russian Empress Catherine the Great from...
uncertain exactly when Catherine took a secretary, PyotrZavadovsky, as a lover. On 2 January 1776, Zavadovsky became Adjutant-General to the Empress (he became...
commission, Catherine established a Commission of National Schools under PyotrZavadovsky. This commission was charged with organising a national school network...
Possibly husband and father of illegitimate Elizabeth Grigorieva Temkina. PyotrZavadovsky — official favourite in 1776—1777 Semyon Zorich — official favourite...
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Alexandrovna Islavinа (1826–1886). Her maternal great-grandfather, Count PyotrZavadovsky, was the first Minister of education in Russia's history. Sophia had...
Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin PyotrZavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov Alexander Lanskoy Alexander Yermolov...
Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin PyotrZavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov Alexander Lanskoy Alexander Yermolov...
Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin PyotrZavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov Alexander Lanskoy Alexander Yermolov...
(embezzlement) and breach of trust and, after a brief and brutal inquiry by Pyotr Tolstoy, he was publicly beheaded on November 27. His head was preserved...
Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin PyotrZavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov Alexander Lanskoy Alexander Yermolov...
served as maid of honour to Catherine the Great. She was married to PyotrZavadovsky and known for her love affair with Prince Ivan Baryatinsky and for...
Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin PyotrZavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov Alexander Lanskoy Alexander Yermolov...
Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin PyotrZavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov Alexander Lanskoy Alexander Yermolov...
the Empire: Chancellor Alexander Bezborodko, minister of education PyotrZavadovsky, general prosecutor Dmitry Troshchinsky, Field Marshal and President...
Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin PyotrZavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov Alexander Lanskoy Alexander Yermolov...
Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin PyotrZavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov Alexander Lanskoy Alexander Yermolov...
Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin PyotrZavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov Alexander Lanskoy Alexander Yermolov...
Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin PyotrZavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov Alexander Lanskoy Alexander Yermolov...
Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin PyotrZavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov Alexander Lanskoy Alexander Yermolov...
four, whom all preceded Lanskoy were Poniatowsky, Orlov, Potemkin and Zavadovsky. Sebag Montefiore, as do other sources, state that he was made a lietunant-general...
Catherine Nelidova as the chief mistress. She was the daughter of Prince Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin, from the Lopukhin family, one of the oldest families...
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