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Razumovsky (Разумовский) Kirill Grigorievich
(1728—1803)

Count Kirill Grigorievich Razumovsky was a Ukrainian Cossack who was appointed President of the Russian Academy of Sciences when he just turned 18 years old. This was due to the influence of his brother, Aleksey Grigorievich Razumovsky, called the "Night Emperor of Russia".

In 1750, he was made Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks, a title he held until 1764. During his reign, both Hlukhiv and Baturyn became residencies and Razumovsky had opulent baroque palaces erected in these by the imperial architect Andrey Kvasov. He also planned to open a Ukrainian university in Baturyn.

Catherine the Great, whom he wholeheartedly supported during the reign of her husband, made him a Field-Marshal, although he never saw a battle. She was soon disappointed, however, by his management of Little Russia. She didn't like his idea to make hetmanship a hereditary office, either, and abolished it altogether, replacing it with Malorossiyan collegium. Kirill had several sons, of whom Count Aleksey Kirillovich (1748-1822) was the Minister of Education in 1810-16, and Prince Andrey Kirillovich (1752-1836) was the Russian ambassador in Vienna.

Ukraine, 2003, Kirill Razumovsky

Ukraine, 2003.05.22, Baturin. Kirill Razumovsky

Ukraine, 1996, Palace of Razumovsky in Baturin

Ukraine, 2006, Palace of Razumovsky in Baturin