14 Facts About Andrey Razumovsky

Andrey Razumovsky's name is transliterated differently in different English sources, including spellings Razumovsky, Rasumofsky, and Rasoumoffsky.

Andrey Razumovsky was a nephew of the Elizabeth's lover, Aleksey Grigorievich Razumovsky, called the "Night Emperor" of Russia.

In 1792, Andrey Razumovsky Kirillovich was appointed the tsar's diplomatic representative to the Habsburg court in Vienna, one of the crucial diplomatic posts during the Napoleonic era.

In 1779, Andrey Razumovsky became the first Russian ambassador in the Kingdom of Naples.

Andrey Razumovsky was a chief negotiator during the Congress of Vienna that re-organised Europe in 1814, and asserted Russian rights in Poland.

Andrey Razumovsky was an accomplished amateur violinist, and known as a competent torban player.

Andrey Razumovsky's commissioning three string quartets from Beethoven in 1806 was the act that has made his name familiar.

Andrey Razumovsky asked Beethoven to include a Russian theme in each quartet: Beethoven included such kind of themes in the first two.

Andrey Razumovsky was the brother-in-law of another of Beethoven's patrons, Prince Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz.

Andrey Razumovsky's first wife, Countess Elisabeth von Thun und Hohenstein was a sister in law of Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky von Woschutz.

Andrey Razumovsky lived in seclusion in Vienna until his death in 1836.

In 1862, the street on which Andrey Razumovsky's palace is located was named Rasumofskygasse.

Andrey Razumovsky converted to Roman Catholicism from his native religion, Russian Orthodoxy, under the influence of his second wife, Countess Konstanze von Thurheim, member of uradel noble family from Swabia and sister of his friend Lulu von Thurheim, whom he married in February 1816.

Andrey Razumovsky is world-known for his role as patron of Ludwig van Beethoven who dedicated three String Quartets, Op.