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	Vorontsov - LoveToKnow 1911
		Alexander Romanovich Vorontsov (1741-1805), Russian imperial chancellor, nephew of the preceding and son of Count Roman Vorontsov, began his career at the age of fifteen in the Izmailovsky regiment of the Guards.
		Vorontsov was also an implacable opponent of Napoleon, whose "topsy-turvyness" he was never weary of denouncing.
		Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov (1782-1856), Russian prince and field-marshal, son of the preceding, spent his childhood and youth with his father in London, where he received a brilliant education.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Vorontsov (1893 words)

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		Vorontsov, also Woronzow, Woroncow (Russian: Воронцо́в) is a celebrated Russian family, which attained the dignity of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire in 1744 and Serene Princes of the Russian Empire in 1852.
		The Vorontsov branch of the Velyaminovs reached a zenith of its power in the person of the boyar Feodor Vorontsov, who was de-facto ruler of Russia during the minority of Ivan IV (1543).
		Ekaterina's brothers Alexander and Semyon Romanovich were both notable diplomats, and the latter's son Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov was a prominent general who led the Russian invasion of Caucasus and colonisation of New Russia.
	stron.frm.pl /wiki.php?title=Vorontsov (370 words)

	Alexander Vorontsov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1759, his uncle, the grand chancellor Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov, sent him to Strasbourg, Paris and Madrid to train him in diplomacy.
		This was the period of the triumph of the Vorontsovs, who had always insisted on the necessity of a close union with Austria and Great Britain, in opposition to Panin and his followers, who had leaned on France or Prussia till the outbreak of the French Revolution made friendship with France impossible.
		Vorontsov was also an implacable opponent of Napoleon, whose "topsy-turvyness" he was never weary of denouncing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Vorontsov (299 words)

	Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Count Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov (Михаи́л Илларио́нович Воронцо́в) (1714 - 1767) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who laid foundations for the fortunes of the Vorontsov family.
		At the age of fourteen, Vorontsov was appointed a kammerjunker at the court of the tsesarevna Yelizaveta Petrovna, whom he materially assisted during the famous coup d'etat of December 6, 1741, when she mounted the Russian throne on the shoulders of the Preobrazhensky Grenadiers.
		His niece Catherine was on intimate terms with her royal namesake, and his nephew Alexander Romanovich Vorontsov likewise attained the dignity of imperial chancellor in the early years of Alexander I's reign.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mikhail_Illarionovich_Vorontsov (447 words)

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		Count Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov (Михаи́л Илларио́нович Воронцо́в) (1714 - 1767) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who laid foundations for the fortunes of the Vorontsov family.
		At the age of fourteen, Vorontsov was appointed a kammerjunker at the court of the tsesarevna Yelizaveta Petrovna, whom he materially assisted during the famous coup d'etat of December 6, 1741, when she mounted the Russian throne on the shoulders of the Preobrazhensky Grenadiers.
		His niece Catherine was on intimate terms with her royal namesake, and his nephew Alexander Romanovich Vorontsov likewise attained the dignity of imperial chancellor in the early years of Alexander I's reign.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Mikhail_Illarionovich_Vorontsov (625 words)

	Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova Summary
		Her uncle Mikhailo Illarionovich and brother Alexander both served as Imperial Chancellors, while her brother Semyon was a celebrated Anglophile.
		Before she was sixteen, she married Prince Mikhail Dashkov, a prominent Russian nobleman of Rurikid stock, and went to reside with him in Moscow.
		After a time the sentence was partially recalled on the petition of her friends, and she was permitted to pass the closing years of her life on her own estate near Moscow, where she died on January 4, 1810.
	www.bookrags.com /Yekaterina_Romanovna_Vorontsova-Dashkova (2959 words)

	3. The Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It was Vorontsov's wish to serve in one of the Southern garrisons, and he finally obtained a posting, to the satisfaction of most of his relatives, friends and well-wishers.
		(Vorontsov became so skilled at taking harsh organisational measures to halt the spread of contagious diseases which crossed the border from Turkey, that the simple fact of his arrival in an infected town was sufficient to inspire in the townsfolk complete confidence and strict observance of quarantine restrictions).
		Vorontsov was quite out of the ordinary, and his character was formed of three hypostases: he was an individual, an individual combination of Russia and the West, of friendship and command, nobility and privilege, business and luxury, poet and civil servant.
	ideashistory.org.ru /books/mikesh1/english/family.htm (4588 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Mikhail
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	Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Count Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov (ÐÐ¸ÑÐ°Ð¸ÌÐ» ÐÐ»Ð»Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð¾ÌÐ½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ Ð’Ð¾ÑÐ¾Ð½ÑÐ¾ÌÐ²) (1714 - 1767) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who laid foundations for the fortunes of the Vorontsov family.
		Mikhail Voronzov may be said to have revived the fortunes of his ancient and illustrious family.
		His niece Catherine was on intimate terms with her royal namesake, and his nephew Alexander Romanovich Vorontsov likewise attained the dignity of imperial chancellor in the; early years of Alexander I's reign.
	mikhail-illarionovich-vorontsov.anime.co.za /anime/Mikhail_Illarionovich_Vorontsov (898 words)

	Vorontsov - InformationBlast
		Vorontsov, also Woronzow, is a celebrated Russian family, which attained the dignity of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire in 1744 and Serene Princes of the Russian Empire in 1852.
		The Vorontsov branch of the Velyaminovs reached a zenith of its power in the person of the boyar Feodor Vorontsov, who was de-facto ruler of Russia during the minority of Ivan IV (1543).
		Ekaterina's brothers Alexander and Semyon Romanovich were both notable diplomats, and the latter's son Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov was a prominent general who led the Russian invasion of Caucasus and colonisation of New Russia.
	www.informationblast.com /Vorontsov.html (362 words)

	4Reference \|\| Aleksei Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Count Aleksei Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1693 - 1768), grand chancellor of Russia, the second son of Count Peter Bestuzhev (the early favourite of the future empress Anne of Russia), was born at Moscow on 1 June 1693.
		Educated abroad, with his elder brother Mikhail, at Copenhagen and Berlin, he especially distinguished himself in languages and the applied sciences.
		His enemies, headed by his elder brother Mikhail and the vice-chancellor Vorontsov, powerless while his diplomacy seemed faultless, quickly took advantage of his mistakes.
	www.4reference.net /encyclopedias/wikipedia/Aleksei_Petrovich_Bestuzhev_Ryumin.html (1629 words)

	Napoleon's invasion of Russia - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		On September 1, Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov, in command of the Russian Army since early August, ordered the evacuation of the city.
		By this point the Russians had managed to draft large numbers of reinforcements into the army bringing total Russian land forces to a strength of around 904,000 with perhaps 100,000 in the immediate viccinity of Moscow - the remnants of Kutuzov's shattered army from Borodino partially reinforced.
		Hitler and the Nazis, on the other hand, marched in with fully equipped secret police agents to hunt down and kill partisans in the rear of the broad territories they controlled, making resistance a lot more difficult although it was still effective.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /patriotic_war.htm (1261 words)

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		Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov (1782 – 1856) was born to a prominent Russian family of princes; the son of Général-en-chef Semen Vorontsov, Russian Ambassador to London.
		During the 1812 Campaign, Vorontsov participated in Prince Bagration’s retreat and fought at Saltanovka, Smolensk and Borodino, where he lost two thirds of his division defending the fleches and took a serious bayonet wound.
		Vorontsov was conferred the title of his highness prince (svetleishii kniaz) on 14 April 1852 and received the rank of general field marshal on 5 September 1856.
	members.tripod.com /amik78/vorontsov.htm (4487 words)

	Encyclopedia: Aleksey Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Alexei was born at Moscow on June 1, 1693 to an old noble family of Novgorod descent.
		About this time he felt hampered by the persistent opposition of the vice_chancellor Mikhail Vorontsov, formerly his friend, now his jealous rival, whom Frederick the Great secretly supported.
		When, on January 16, 1756, the Anglo-Prussian, and on May 2, 1756 the Franco-Austrian alliances formed, Vorontsov advocated the accession of Russia to the latter league, whereas Bestuzhev insisted on a subsidy treaty with Great Britain.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Aleksey-Petrovich-Bestuzhev_Ryumin (1654 words)

	Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Latvian-born dancer and director Mikhail Baryshnikov was born in Riga, Latvia.
		A Russian writer and political revolutionary, Mikhail Bakunin was known as one of the founders of 19th-century anarchism, the belief that governments are unnecessary and that each person should obey his own personal laws (see Anarchism).
		The Soviet novelist Mikhail Sholokhov won the Nobel prize for literature in 1965 for his realistic portrayals of Cossack life in the Don River region of Russia.
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		Mikhail Gorbachev (1931), general secretary of the Communist Party and president of the USSR
		Andrey Vlasov (1900-1946), Red Army general turned Nazi collaborator and the commander of volunteer Russian forces (ROA, "Russian Liberation Army") of the German army during WWII
		Mikhail Vodopianov (1899-1975), aircraft pilot, among the first to receive the title of Hero of the Soviet Union
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	Alexander Vorontsov - South Africa
		Count Alexander Romanovich Vorontsov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Воронцо́в) (1741–1805) was the Russian imperial chancellor during the early years of Alexander I's reign.
		In 1759, his uncle, the grand chancellor Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov, sent him to Strasbourg, Paris and Madrid to train him in diplomacy.
		This was the period of the triumph of the Vorontsovs, who had always insisted on the necessity of a close union with Austria and Great Britain, in opposition to Panin and his followers, who had leaned on France or Prussia till the outbreak of the French Revolution made friendship with France impossible.
	alexander-vorontsov.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Alexander_Vorontsov (524 words)

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		Educated abroad, with his elder brother Mikhail, at Copenhagen and Berlin, he especially distinguished himself in languages and the applied sciences.
		The empress Elizabeth herself had an aversion to an alliance with Great Britain and with Austria, whose representatives had striven to prevent her accession; and many of her personal friends, in the pay of France and Prussia, took part in innumerable conspiracies to overthrow Bestuzhev.
		His enemies, headed by his elder brother Mikhail and the vice-chancellor Vorontsov, powerless while his diplomacy seemed faultless, quickly took advantage of his mistakes.
	www.osmanlimedeniyeti.com /wiki/Aleksei_Petrovich_Bestuzhev-Ryumin_.html (1697 words)

	Dmitry Levitzky. Biography. - Olga's Gallery
		Notable works of this later period include portraits of the daughters of Paul I, paintings of the Vorontsov family, and pictures of Nikolay Novikov, the Bilibins, Anna Protasova, and others.
		He was the son of Lieutenant General Ivan Illarionovich Vorontsov and Maria Artemyevna, née Volynskaya.
		She married Count S. Vorontsov, ambassador of Russia in Venice, by whom she had two children: son M. Vorontsov, later Prince and Govenor-General of the Caucasus, and daughter E.
	www.abcgallery.com /L/levitzky/levitzkybio.html (4165 words)

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	MIKHAIL ILLARIONOVICH ... - Online Information article about MIKHAIL ILLARIONOVICH ...
		VORONTSOV materially assisted during the famous coup d'etat of the 6th of See also:
		December 1741, when she mounted the Russian See also:
		On the disgrace of Bestuzhev, Vorontsov was made imperial chancellor in his See also:
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	Mikhail Semyonovich, Prince Vorontsov -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The son of the diplomat Semyon R. Vorontsov, he was born into a family that had become highly influential in Russian political affairs in the 18th century.
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		By waging war on the Lezgian clansmen of Dagestan and on Iran and the Ottomans, the Russians ensured the corporate survival of the Georgian nation.
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	Jyrki Paaskoski: Noble Land-Holding and Serfdom in 'Old Finland'. Summary
		After Vorontsov's gramota all the land grants given to the nobility from the guberniia of Vyborg were described in the same way.
		Finally, the new edition was confirmed in an edict issued in July 1765, which described all the new noble estates granted from the gubernii of Reval, Riga and Vyborg as 'eternal and hereditary possessions'.
		Firstly, the sales of noble estates increased in the 1790s and by the beginning of the nineteenth century almost all the largest estates had changed owners, because the nobility estimated that their estates were not productive enough.
	www.lib.helsinki.fi /elektra/summary.html (4581 words)

	Mikhail (Illarionovich) Vorontsov - Encyclopedia.com
		When Peter III succeeded Elizabeth and abandoned her alliances with France and Austria, Vorontsov made no effort to dissuade the new emperor and even continued to support him when he was deposed by his wife, Catherine II (1762).
		Vorontsov was consequently placed under house arrest; only after Peter died did he swear allegiance to Catherine and resume his office as chancellor, which he held until he retired in 1763.
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	Mikhail Vorontsov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mikhail Vorontsov may refer to one of the following persons.
		Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (1782—1856), Russian prince, field-marshal, statesman.
		Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov (1714—1767), Russian count, statesman, diplomat.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Mikhail-Vorontsov.htm (105 words)

	Georg Caspar Prenner reproductions, Oil Painting Reproductions of Georg Caspar Prenner , 100 % Hand Painted
		1720-1766) German portraitist Georg Caspar Prenner (c.1720-1766) came to Russia in 1750 on the invitation of count Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov.
		His contract was for 5 years, during which he became so wealthy that could lend his patron, Count Vorontsov, big sums of money.
		Though after the end of the contract it was not renewed, as Vorontsov thought the artist to be ¡°hot-tempered, who could not live in peace with others.¡± We found two portraits by Prenner, which he executed in Russia.
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