BEZBORODKO

bezborodko, aleksander andreevich, prince (1747-1799), grand chancellor of russia, was born at gluchova on the 14th of march 1747, and educated at home and in the clerical academy at kiev. he entered the public service as a clerk in the office of count p.a. rumyantsev, then governor-general of little russia, whom he accompanied to the turkish war in 1768. he was present at the engagements of larga and kaluga, and at the storming of silistria. on the conclusion of the peace of kuchuk-kainarji (1774) the field marshal recommended him to catharine