Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilyevich and the family name is Repnin.
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin
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Order of St. Vladimir
Order of the White Eagle
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Prince Nikolai or Nicholas[a] Vasilyevich Repnin (Russian: Николай Васильевич Репнин; 22 March [O.S. 11 March] 1734 – 24 May [O.S. 12 May] 1801) was a Russian statesman and general from the Repnin princely family who played a key role in the dissolution of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; the leading figure in the Repnin Sejm, the victor at Maçin.

Rule of Poland

Born in

Imperial Army under his father, Prince Vasily Anikitovich Repnin, during the Rhine Campaign of 1748, and subsequently resided for some time abroad, where he acquired "a thoroughly sound German education." He also participated, in a subordinate capacity, in the Seven Years' War
.

In 1763,

Izabela Fleming (and to have fathered Adam Jerzy Czartoryski).[1]

Due to the level of Russian control of the Polish government, Repnin was the effective ruler of the country,

Catholics. Repnin believed that the Protestants were not significant enough to benefit Russia; at the same time, the Protestant community itself petitioned
Empress Catherine, requesting not to be involved.

In order to further Russian interests, he encouraged the creation of two Protestant

Karol Stanisław "Panie Kochanku" Radziwiłł).[3] According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Repnin's correspondence reveals that he disliked the type of politics he was required to engage in. Nevertheless, he obeyed his instructions, and used various means to force the 1767–68 Sejm (the "Repnin Sejm") to concede all points in dispute.[3] Before the Sejm, he ordered the capture and exile to Kaluga of some vocal opponents of his policies[4] — Józef Andrzej Załuski[5] and Wacław Rzewuski. The immediate result was the formation of the Bar Confederation, which practically demolished the ambassador's strategy.[6]

Military career

Repnin resigned his post to lead troops against the

peace of Kuchuk-Kainarji. In 1775-76 Repnin and his factotum, Yakov Bulgakov, represented Russian interests at the Porte
.

On the outbreak of the

congress of Teschen, where he was Russian plenipotentiary, compelled Austria to make peace with Prussia
.

During the

Galaţi
(31 July 1791).

Declining years

The gates leading to Repnin's country residence near Moscow

After the

First French Republic. Unsuccessful, upon his return he was dismissed from service and died in Riga
.

Repnin had an illegitimate son,

coat-of-arms
.

See also

Notes

  1. Anglicized
    form of the name

References

  1. ^ a b LeDonne, p.210
  2. ^ Harcourt Brace, note to Casanova, p.356; Ritter, p.189
  3. ^ a b Butterwick, p.169
  4. ^ de Madariaga [full citation needed]
  5. ^ Harcourt Brace, note to Casanova, p.528
  6. ^ Butterwick, p.170

Sources

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Robert Nisbet Bain (1911). "Repnin". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  • Catholic Encyclopedia article "Poland"
  • Richard Butterwick, Poland's Last King and English Culture, Oxford University Press, 1998
  • Giacomo Casanova, History of My life, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997
  • Isabel de Madariaga, Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great,
    ISBN 1842125117
  • John P. LeDonne, The Grand Strategy of the Russian Empire, 1650-1831, Oxford University Press United States, 2004
  • Gerhard Albert Ritter, Frederick the Great, University of California Press, 1975
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