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Pyotr Zavadovsky. 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.
- A Carriage
- A Pair of Gloves
- A Pair of Spectacles
- A Children's Drum
- A Saber
- A Chess Set
- A Dinner Service
- A Steel Bed
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- A Palace
In this carriage in 1767 the Empress entered Kazan. According to legend, she gave it to Archbishop of Kazan Veniamin, but the carriage did not appear in the inventory of the archbishop's house. Nevertheless, it's definitely known that in 1889 the Archbishop of Kazan Pavel gave the coach to the City Duma, which in turn donated it to the Kazan City M...
On April 20, 1767, Catherine visited the foundling hospital "in Kitai-Gorod near the Varvarskiye Gate," and gave her gloves to two orphans - the left-hand one to Ivan Gerasimov and the right-hand one to Mikita Andreyev, according to an inscription in Russian and German on envelopes holding the gloves. Almost 156 years later the gloves, each of whic...
The Empress gave her own eyeglasses as a present to Vice Governor of St. Petersburg Novoseltsev, who ordered a case to be made with the following inscription on the lid: "The spectacles stored here, which used to belong to the Great Empress, were granted to St. Petersburg Vice Governor Novoseltsev on Nov. 4, 1786 during a discussion with Her Majest...
Among the toys presented by Catherine the Great to her grandson, Grand Duke Alexander, was this silver drum with a monogram of the Grand Duke on the side. Alexander grew up but the drum remained in the children's rooms of the Winter Palace, and subsequent successors to the throne played with it. Drum of Grand Duke Alexander / State Hermitage Museum
It’s believed that this saber was also among the gifts made by Catherine to her beloved grandson Alexander, the future emperor. It possibly dates to the late 1770s, and the blade has the following inscriptions in gold: "The era of Sultan Suleiman, in the year 957 (1540/1541)," "There is no God except Allah," "The Almighty," and "May Allah keep you ...
A chess set made of ivory with fine carving was made by the Empress herself, according to an inscription on the case, which says: "Carved by Her Imperial Majesty Catherine II. Received on Feb. 25, 1766." Dmitry Ivanov, who worked as head of the Armoury from 1922 to the 1930s, suggested that the Empress presented the chess set to her personal secret...
The Empress ordered this service in 1777 as a gift to her favorite, Prince Grigory Potemkin. It consisted of more than 700 items created with forms that were never used for other services. This one was decorated with Catherine’s floral monogram and depictions of cameos from antique originals in the collection of Louis XV. Cups for ice-cream with ca...
The bed was a wedding present to the niece of Prince Potemkin, Alexandra Vasilievna Engelhardt, who in 1781 married Polish Great Crown Hetman Franciszek Ksawery Branicki. The bed was made by special order of the Empress at the Tula Arms Factory. The lower part of the columns is decorated with diamond facet сuts. Today, the bed is in the Lviv Museum...
In 1779, Catherine granted her official secretary, Pyotr Zavadovsky, the villages of Popovka, Veselovka, Zavidovka and others in Mogilev Province, and which had a combined population of 3,950 male souls, "for his service... during the war... under General Field Marshal Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky."
Construction of the Anichkov Palace began in 1741 by decree of Empress Elizabeth for her favorite Alexei Razumovsky. In 1776, Catherine II bought the baroque palace (the last architect who worked on it was Rastrelli) from Kirill Razumovsky, Alexei's brother, and gave it to her favorite, Prince Grigory Potemkin. Prince Potemkin first ordered the arc...
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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.
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Thomas Doherty as Pyotr Zavadovsky, Catherine's (private) secretary and lover; Iain Mitchell as Archbishop Arsenius, metropolitan of Rostov and Yaroslavl; Georgina Beedle as Natalia Alexeievna, Paul's first wife; John Hodgkinson as Pyotr Rumyantsev; Phil Dunster as Andrey Razumovsky, Natalia's lover
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Dec 16, 2023 · We publish a study by the architect Pyotr Zavadovsky, who discovered an unknown work of Ivan Leonidov in the collection of the Paris Center Pompidou: the project of the Institute of Statistics significantly complements the idea of Leonidov's creative evolution.
Vera Nikolaevna Zavadovskaya (née Apraksina, 2 November 1768 – 22 November 1845) was a Russian courtier. She served as maid of honour to Catherine the Great. She was married to Pyotr Zavadovsky and known for her love affair with Prince Ivan Baryatinsky and for being the mistress and muse of the poet Sergey Marin .
About: Pyotr Zavadovsky. Pyotr Zavadovsky (1739–1812) was a Russian statesman. 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 ...
