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	Topics Rumyantsev Topic Home The Rumyantsev family () were Russian countCount A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is also still a "countess... s prominent in Russian imperial politics in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The family claimed descent from the boyarBoyar A boyar or bolyarin was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Russian, Romanian and Bulgarian aristocracy, sec... Rumyanets who broke his oath of allegiance and surrendered Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny and also transliterated into English as Nizhniy Novgorod or Niz... to Vasily I of MoscowVasili I of Russia Vasiliy I Dmitriyevich, Grand Prince of Moscow since 1389, oldest son of Dmitri Donskoi and Grand Princess Eudoxia - daught... in 1391. The first Rumyantsev to gain prominence, Alexander IvanovichFacts About Alexander Rumyantsev Count Alexander Ivanovich Rumyantsev was an assistant of Peter the Great and father of Field Marshal Peter Rumyantsev-Zadun... (1680-1749), served as ordinary of Peter the GreatPeter I of Russia Peter I the Great . ruled Russia from 7 May 1682 until his death, before 1696 jointly with his weak and sickly half-broth... in the Preobrazhensky regimentPreobrazhensky regiment Summary Preobrazhensky regiment was one of the oldest regiments of the Russian army.... . In 1720 he married Countess Maria Matveyeva, daughter and heiress of Count Andrey MatveyevFacts About Andrey Matveyev Count Andrey Artamonovich Matveev, was a Russian statesman of the Petrine epoch best remembered as one of the first Russian ... . Peter's daughter Elizabeth recalled Rumyantsev to active service and made him a hereditary count as well as Governor of KievKiev Kiev, also written as Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the co... . Their son Pyotr AlexandrovichFacts About Pyotr Rumyantsev Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky was one of the foremost Russian generals of the 18th century.... (1725-96) took his name from that of the ruling Emperor and was rumored to have been his natural son. In 1761 he besieged and took the Polish fortress of KolbergKolobrzeg Kolobrzeg is a city in Middle Pomerania in north-western Poland with some 50,000 inhabitants .... , thus clearing for Russian armies the path to BerlinBerlin Berlin is the capital city and a state of Germany.... . During Catherine II's reign he served as Governor General of Little RussiaLittle Russia Little Russia, originally Little or Lesser Rus, was the name for the territory of Ukraine applied in the time of the... , or UkraineUkraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.... . After crossing the Danube River into BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in Southeastern Europe.... and signing the advantegeous Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca with the Turks in 1774, Rumyantsev was promoted Field MarshalField Marshal A Field Marshal is a military officer usually of the highest rank, one step above a full General, Army General or Colonel Ge... and was given the victory titleVictory title A victory title is an honorific title adopted by a successful military commander to commemorate his defeat of an enemy natio... of Zadunaisky (literally, "Transdanubian"). During the Napoleonic warsNapoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars, a series of global conflicts fought during Napoleon Bonaparte's rule over France , formed to some exten... , Zadunaisky's son Nikolay PetrovichNikolay Rumyantsev Count Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev was Russia's Foreign Minister and Imperial Chancellor in the run-up to Napoleon's invasi... (1754-1826) held the highest offices of state, including those of Minister of Commerce (1802-11), President of the State CouncilState Council of Imperial Russia The State Council was the supreme state advisory body to the Tsar in Imperial Russia. ... (1810-12), Foreign Minister (1808-12), and Chancellor of the Russian Empire. On receiving the news of Napoleon's invasion of Russia (1812), he suffered a stroke and lost his hearing. He died childless, and the family went extinct soon thereafter.