Razumovsky

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The House of Razumovsky or Rozumovsky (

Yakiv Rozum and his son Hryhoriy were registered Cossacks of the Kiev Regiment.^[1] Hryhoriy's son, Oleksiy (Alexei), was the first to use the name Rozumovsky.^[1]

Ivan Yakovlevich Rozum was raised to the rank of Count of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Charles VII, but died without children. His brother, Grigoriy Yakovlevich Rozum, had two children — Kirill and Alexey. After Alexey became a favorite of the Russian Empress Elizabeth of Russia, the family name was changed to Razumovsky for all Rozums. Notable representatives of the family include:

• Empress Elizabeth
  . He was made Count of the Holy Roman Empire in Frankfurt in 1742 and Count of the Russian Empire in 1745.
• Hetman of Zaporizhian Host
  (1754–1769), created Count of the Russian Empire in 1745.
• Aleksey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1748–1822) - the latter's first son,
  Pushkin for his reactionary
  stance;
• Razumovsky Quartets
  (Op. 59 Nos. 1, 2, and 3) for Andrey, and dedicated the 5th and 6th Symphonies to him.

• Razumovsky residences
• 
  Gorenki Palace, Balashikha.
• 
  Hetman's Palace, Baturyn.
• 
  Palais Rasumofsky, Vienna.

• Lissotrion helveticus
  . His branch of the family survives to this day.
• Leon (Lev) Grigorievich Razumovsky von Wigstein (1816–1868), grandson of Kirill, son of aforementioned Count Grigory and his wife, Baroness Theresa Elisabeth Schenk von Castell (1785-1818), envoy of Saxe-Coburg to the court of Napoleon III. Father of Camillo Lvovich Razumovsky.
• Kamillo Lvovich Razumovsky von Wigstein (1853–1917), son of aforementioned Count Leon and his wife, Maria Rosa Albrecht, Baroness von Löwenstern (1814-1889), philanthropist in
  Jewish faith, Marie Wiener von Welten (1856-196), daughter of Eduard, Ritter Wiener von Welten (1822-1886) and his wife, Henriette Goldschmidt
  (b. 1829).
• Andreas Andreievich Razumovsky von Wigstein (1929–2002), grandson of the latter, elder son of Count Andreas Wolfgang Razumovsky von Wigstein (1892-1981) and his wife, Princess Katharina zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1895-1983), well-known political analyst and media figure in Germany and Austria; expelled from Czechoslovakia, where he had been posted as a correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, in 1967 for warning of an imminent invasion by Warsaw Pact troops; analysed and published a book in 1981 on the forces leading to the dismembering of Yugoslavia.
• Dorothea Razumovsky von Wigstein (*1935-2014), née Princess zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, wife of aforementioned Count Andreas Andreievich, well-known media-figure and political analyst, widely criticised for adopting a stance during conflicts arising from the dismemberment of Yugoslavia that was interpreted as being too pro-Serb.
• Katharina Razumovsky von Wigstein (*1961), daughter of the aforementioned, artist living in Vienna, Austria and Moscow, Russia.
• Gregor (Grigoriy) Razumovsky von Wigstein (*1965), son of the aforementioned, President of the Razumovsky Society for Art and Culture, which supports artistic exchange and co-operation between East and West; also the honorary president of the
  think-tank
  .

See also

• Razumovsky (disambiguation)

References

Literature

• Maria Razumovsky. Die Rasumovskys: eine Familie am Zarenhof. Köln 1998. — 300 S.
• Разумовская М. А. Разумовские при царском дворе: Главы из российской истории, 1740-1815 гг. СПб., 2004. — 272 с.
• Розанов С. С. Родственные связи семейства Разумовских: Книга 1: Род и потомство К.Г. Разумовского. Родословная роспись: Справочное генеалогическое издание. — М.: Ирисъ, 2007. — 120 с.

External links

• Rozumovsky at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine