Bezborodko (Áåçáîðîäêî) Alexander Andreyevich (1747—1799)
Prince Alexander Andreyevich Bezborodko was the Grand Chancellor of Russia and chief architect of Catherine the Great's foreign policy after the death of Nikita Panin.
A Ukrainian by birth, Bezborodko was born at Hlukhiv on the 14th of March 1747, and educated at home and in the seminary at Kiev. He entered the public service as a clerk in the... More...