Razumovsky

This article is about the Russian noble family. For the Russian surgeon, see Vasili Razumovsky.
Coat of arms of the Razumovsky family (1914)

Razumovsky (Russian: Разумовский, Ukrainian language: Розумовський) is a Russian Empire and then an Austrian noble family of Ukrainian-born Register-Cossacks origin.

History

The root of the family begin with the Register-Cossack Yakov Romanovich Rozum, who died about 1700. According to legend, Ivan Yakovlevich Rozum have been 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 Russian Empress Elizabeth of Russia, the family name was changed to Razumovsky for all Rozums. Notable representatives of the family include:

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