Pyotr Zavadovsky, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Pyotr Zavadovsky

Lover of Catherine the Great

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1739

Date of Death: 22-Jan-1812

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Pyotr Zavadovsky (1739–1812) was a Russian favourite and the lover of Catherine the Great from 1776 to 1777. Count Zavadovsky was named official secretary to Catherine in 1775 and became her lover on 2 January 1776.
He is described as serious and cultivated and he is regarded to have been genuinely in love with Catherine.
Their relationship was tense because of the jealousy he felt toward Potemkin, who still had a relationship with Catherine, although Zavadovsky had replaced him in a sexual sense, and Potemkin was also said to have had difficulties accepting the situation.
The relationship was ended because of the continuing pressure.
In 1778, Catherine contemplated recalling him, but was then introduced to Korsakov. In 1780 he was appointed a privy councillor; in 1781, he became the director of the state bank.
He later became a senator and, at the end of his life, the minister of education under Czar Alexander I.



Alternative names	Giovanni Battista Lampi
Description	Italian portrait painter father of Johann Baptist von Lampi the Younger
Date of birth/death	31 December 1751	11 February 1830
Location of birth/death	Romeno (Südtirol)	Vienna
Work location	Verona, Vienna, Warsaw, Kórnik, Saint Petersburg
Authority control	: Q699740 VIAF: 5194786 ISNI: 0000 0001 0865 4701 ULAN: 500004776 LCCN: n2002056728 WGA: LAMPI, Johann Baptist I WorldCat