228:
268:
140:
328:
50:
235:
When
Bestuzhev fell from grace, Vorontsov was made imperial chancellor in his stead. Though well-meaning and perfectly honest, Vorontsov as a politician was singularly timorous and irresolute, always taking his cue from the court. For example, under Elizabeth he was an avowed enemy of
223:
against that statesman. The empress's affection for him (she owed much to his skilful pen and still more to the liberality of his rich kinsfolk) saved him from the fate of his accomplices, but he lived in a state of semi-eclipse during
Bestuzhev's ascendancy.
402:
252:
from reversing the policy of his predecessor. Yet he did not lack personal courage and endured torture after the coup of 9 July 1762, rather than betray his late master. Having advanced his niece
290:. He squandered most of his personal fortune on that edifice but was subsequently obliged to sell it to the crown for lack of the funds required to complete its interior decoration. His niece
395:
260:, and at first refused to serve under her, though she reinstated him in the dignity of chancellor. When he found that real control over foreign affairs was in the hands of
842:
388:
822:
609:
446:
792:
118:
90:
672:
343:
352:
797:
415:
97:
283:
271:
104:
60:
282:
Mikhail
Vorontsov may be said to have revived the fortunes of his ancient and illustrious family. His name is preserved in the
837:
802:
86:
411:
726:
212:
817:
370:
649:
295:
75:
832:
614:
436:
111:
20:
574:
431:
471:
71:
67:
486:
267:
827:
604:
227:
192:
456:
380:
524:
256:
to the position of favourite mistress of Peter III, he naturally greatly disliked Peter's wife,
569:
554:
375:
261:
257:
220:
299:
333:
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
812:
807:
662:
584:
544:
287:
253:
8:
738:
721:
594:
564:
476:
291:
249:
180:
701:
624:
579:
339:
639:
619:
549:
519:
423:
245:
241:
761:
706:
691:
509:
461:
173:
166:
154:
139:
711:
589:
559:
514:
275:
196:
756:
716:
696:
657:
634:
629:
501:
491:
188:
184:
161:) (12 July 1714 – 15 February 1767) was a Russian statesman and
786:
771:
539:
481:
466:
441:
347:
334:
216:
294:
was on intimate terms with her royal namesake, Catherine II, and his nephew
732:
686:
678:
599:
534:
451:
766:
356:. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 212.
298:
also attained the dignity of imperial chancellor in the early years of
208:
24:
37:
410:
49:
162:
237:
200:
32:
748:
204:
147:
177:
376:
203:'s maternal first cousin, and in 1744 was created a
843:
Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
172:At the age of fourteen, Vorontsov was appointed a
286:that he commissioned from the imperial architect
784:
183:, whom he materially assisted during the famous
195:. On 3 January 1742 Vorontsov married countess
165:, who laid foundations for the fortunes of the
344:Vorontsov s.v. Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov
396:
823:18th-century diplomats of the Russian Empire
76:introducing citations to additional sources
403:
389:
187:of 6 December 1741, when she mounted the
321:
319:
317:
315:
266:
226:
138:
66:Relevant discussion may be found on the
793:Foreign ministers of the Russian Empire
785:
384:
371:Online museum of the Vorontsov Family
312:
338:
43:
264:, he resigned his office in 1763.
248:, but he made no effort to prevent
13:
213:Aleksei Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin
14:
854:
798:Chancellors of the Russian Empire
364:
87:"Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov"
326:
59:relies largely or entirely on a
48:
191:throne on the shoulders of the
151:Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov
296:Alexander Romanovich Vorontsov
215:induced him to participate in
16:Russian statesman and diplomat
1:
437:Vasily and Andrey Shchelkalov
305:
21:Eastern Slavic naming customs
838:Court of Elizabeth of Russia
803:Counts of the Russian Empire
575:Andreas Eberhard von Budberg
159:Михаил Илларионович Воронцов
7:
412:Foreign ministers of Russia
284:lavish St Petersburg palace
10:
859:
19:In this name that follows
18:
747:
671:
648:
605:Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky
500:
422:
193:Preobrazhensky Grenadiers
158:
143:Count Mikhail I.Vorontsov
457:Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin
525:Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
353:Encyclopædia Britannica
818:Politicians from Minsk
727:Aleksandr Bessmertnykh
650:Provisional Government
590:Karl Robert Nesselrode
570:Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
555:Nikita Petrovich Panin
535:Nikita Ivanovich Panin
279:
232:
144:
270:
240:and a warm friend of
230:
142:
833:Diplomats from Minsk
663:Mikhail Tereshchenko
585:Ioannis Kapodistrias
545:Alexander Bezborodko
288:Bartolomeo Rastrelli
176:at the court of the
72:improve this article
739:Eduard Shevardnadze
722:Eduard Shevardnadze
595:Alexander Gorchakov
565:Alexander Vorontsov
520:Aleksey Tcherkassky
477:Yemelyan Ukraintsev
340:Bain, Robert Nisbet
181:Yelizaveta Petrovna
749:Russian Federation
702:Vyacheslav Molotov
625:Alexander Izvolsky
580:Nikolay Rumyantsev
530:Mikhailo Vorontsov
280:
233:
199:Skavronskaya, the
145:
780:
779:
640:Nikolai Pokrovsky
620:Vladimir Lamsdorf
550:Fyodor Rostopchin
424:Tsardom of Russia
278:in St Petersburg.
137:
136:
122:
850:
828:Vorontsov family
762:Yevgeny Primakov
707:Andrey Vyshinsky
692:Georgy Chicherin
615:Mikhail Muravyov
610:Nikolay Shishkin
510:Gavrila Golovkin
462:Artamon Matveyev
405:
398:
391:
382:
381:
358:
357:
332:
330:
329:
323:
272:Vorontsov Palace
167:Vorontsov family
160:
132:
129:
123:
121:
80:
52:
44:
858:
857:
853:
852:
851:
849:
848:
847:
783:
782:
781:
776:
743:
712:Dmitri Shepilov
676:
667:
644:
560:Viktor Kochubey
515:Andrey Osterman
496:
472:Vasily Golitsyn
447:Pyotr Tretyakov
432:Ivan Viskovatyi
418:
409:
367:
362:
361:
327:
325:
324:
313:
308:
276:Sadovaya Street
231:Anna Vorontsova
133:
127:
124:
81:
79:
65:
53:
42:
17:
12:
11:
5:
856:
846:
845:
840:
835:
830:
825:
820:
815:
810:
805:
800:
795:
778:
777:
775:
774:
769:
764:
759:
757:Andrei Kozyrev
753:
751:
745:
744:
742:
741:
736:
729:
724:
719:
717:Andrei Gromyko
714:
709:
704:
699:
697:Maxim Litvinov
694:
689:
683:
681:
669:
668:
666:
665:
660:
658:Pavel Milyukov
654:
652:
646:
645:
643:
642:
637:
635:Boris Shturmer
632:
630:Sergey Sazonov
627:
622:
617:
612:
607:
602:
597:
592:
587:
582:
577:
572:
567:
562:
557:
552:
547:
542:
537:
532:
527:
522:
517:
512:
506:
504:
502:Russian Empire
498:
497:
495:
494:
492:Peter Shafirov
489:
487:Fyodor Golovin
484:
479:
474:
469:
464:
459:
454:
449:
444:
439:
434:
428:
426:
420:
419:
408:
407:
400:
393:
385:
379:
378:
373:
366:
365:External links
363:
360:
359:
348:Chisholm, Hugh
310:
309:
307:
304:
211:. His envy of
135:
134:
70:. Please help
56:
54:
47:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
855:
844:
841:
839:
836:
834:
831:
829:
826:
824:
821:
819:
816:
814:
811:
809:
806:
804:
801:
799:
796:
794:
791:
790:
788:
773:
772:Sergey Lavrov
770:
768:
765:
763:
760:
758:
755:
754:
752:
750:
746:
740:
737:
735:
734:
730:
728:
725:
723:
720:
718:
715:
713:
710:
708:
705:
703:
700:
698:
695:
693:
690:
688:
685:
684:
682:
680:
674:
673:Soviet Russia
670:
664:
661:
659:
656:
655:
653:
651:
647:
641:
638:
636:
633:
631:
628:
626:
623:
621:
618:
616:
613:
611:
608:
606:
603:
601:
598:
596:
593:
591:
588:
586:
583:
581:
578:
576:
573:
571:
568:
566:
563:
561:
558:
556:
553:
551:
548:
546:
543:
541:
540:Ivan Osterman
538:
536:
533:
531:
528:
526:
523:
521:
518:
516:
513:
511:
508:
507:
505:
503:
499:
493:
490:
488:
485:
483:
482:Lev Naryshkin
480:
478:
475:
473:
470:
468:
467:Larion Ivanov
465:
463:
460:
458:
455:
453:
450:
448:
445:
443:
442:Ivan Gramotin
440:
438:
435:
433:
430:
429:
427:
425:
421:
417:
413:
406:
401:
399:
394:
392:
387:
386:
383:
377:
374:
372:
369:
368:
355:
354:
349:
345:
341:
336:
335:public domain
322:
320:
318:
316:
311:
303:
301:
297:
293:
289:
285:
277:
273:
269:
265:
263:
259:
255:
251:
247:
243:
239:
229:
225:
222:
218:
217:Count Lestocq
214:
210:
206:
202:
198:
197:Anna Karlovna
194:
190:
186:
182:
179:
175:
170:
168:
164:
156:
152:
149:
141:
131:
128:February 2012
120:
117:
113:
110:
106:
103:
99:
96:
92:
89: –
88:
84:
83:Find sources:
77:
73:
69:
63:
62:
61:single source
57:This article
55:
51:
46:
45:
40:
39:
34:
31: and the
30:
29:Illarionovich
26:
22:
733:Boris Pankin
731:
687:Leon Trotsky
679:Soviet Union
600:Nikolay Girs
529:
452:Almaz Ivanov
416:Soviet Union
351:
281:
262:Nikita Panin
234:
174:kammerjunker
171:
150:
146:
125:
115:
108:
101:
94:
82:
58:
36:
28:
813:1767 deaths
808:1714 births
767:Igor Ivanov
300:Alexander I
185:coup d'etat
33:family name
787:Categories
306:References
302:'s reign.
254:Yelizaveta
221:conspiracy
209:chancellor
178:tsesarevna
98:newspapers
25:patronymic
342:(1911). "
292:Catherine
258:Catherine
250:Peter III
207:and vice-
68:talk page
38:Vorontsov
414:and the
163:diplomat
350:(ed.).
337::
242:Austria
238:Prussia
201:empress
189:Russian
155:Russian
112:scholar
346:". In
331:
246:France
114:
107:
100:
93:
85:
23:, the
205:count
148:Count
119:JSTOR
105:books
677:the
244:and
91:news
675:and
274:on
219:'s
74:by
35:is
27:is
789::
314:^
169:.
157::
404:e
397:t
390:v
153:(
130:)
126:(
116:·
109:·
102:·
95:·
78:.
64:.
41:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
