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Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov
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Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov

Russian statesman
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Born:
July 23 [July 12, Old Style], 1714
Died:
Feb. 26 [Feb. 15], 1767, St. Petersburg, Russia (aged 52)

Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov (born July 23 [July 12, Old Style], 1714—died Feb. 26 [Feb. 15], 1767, St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian statesman who played a major role, particularly in foreign affairs, during the reign (1741–62) of Empress Elizabeth. A member of a family that became prominent in Russian court circles in the 18th century, he was appointed a page in the court of Yelizaveta Petrovna (the daughter of the late emperor Peter I the Great) when he was 14. In 1742 (1741, Old Style) he helped her overthrow Emperor Ivan VI and become Empress Elizabeth. Subsequently he became vice ...(100 of 311 words)

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