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Sofya Stepanovna Razumovskaya

1746–1803

Born
22 Sep 1746
Country of birth
Russian Empire, today Russia
Died
8 Oct 1803, Saint Petersburg
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  • Birth22 Sep 1746Probable1 source
  • Death8 Oct 1803, Saint PetersburgProbable1 source
  • ParentStephan Fjodorovic UsjakovConfirmed1 source

A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Child born: Semyon Afanasyevich Velikiy

    Birth, Saint Petersburg

  3. Died · Saint Petersburg

    Death, Saint Petersburg

What was it like?

The world around 1746: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Sofya was born the same year as Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint-Aubin de Genlis, Giuseppe Cambini, and Venanzio Rauzzini.

Known for

Sophia Stepanovna Razumovskaya was a Russian courtier. She served as maid of honour to empress Catherine the Great. She was married to Peter Kirillovich Razumovsky, and the mistress of Paul I of Russia prior to his marriage, with whom she had a son, Semyon Veliky (1772–1794).

Born the same year

  • Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint-Aubin de Genlis

    French writer (1746–1830)

  • Giuseppe Cambini

    Italian musician (1746-1825)

  • Venanzio Rauzzini

    Italian opera singer and teacher (1746-1810)

  • Francisco Goya

    Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)

  • Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

    Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer (1746-1827)

  • Giuseppe Piazzi

    Italian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer (1746–1826)

During their lifetime

  1. 1769

    Introduction of Paper Money

    The government introduced paper money, known as assignats, for the first time in 1769, though ordinary people initially distrusted them and preferred metal coins.

  2. 1771

    The 1771 Moscow Plague Epidemic

    A devastating bubonic plague epidemic killed between 52,000 and 100,000 people in Moscow, about one-sixth to one-third of the city's population.

  3. 1773

    The Pugachev Peasant Revolt

    A massive peasant and Cossack uprising led by Yemelyan Pugachev broke out, threatening the social structure of the empire.

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