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== Ukrainian origins ==
A Ukrainian by birth, Bezborodko was born at [[Glukhov]] on the 14th of March [[1747]], and educated at home and in the [[seminary]] at [[Kiev]]. He entered the public service as a clerk in the office of [[Peter Rumyantsev|Count P. A. Rumyantsev]], then governor-general of [[Ukraine]], whom he accompanied to the [[Russo-Turkish_War%2C_1768-74|Turkish War]] in 1768. He was present at the engagements of Larga and Kagul, and at the storming of Silistria.
On the conclusion of the [[Treaty_of_Kuchuk-Kainarji|peace of Kuchuk-Kainarji]] (1774) the field marshal recommended him to [[Catherine II of Russia|Catharine II]], and she appointed him in 1775 her petition-secretary. He thus had the opportunity of impressing the empress with his brilliant gifts, the most remarkable of which were exquisite manners, a marvellous memory and a clear and pregnant style. At the same time he set to work to acquire the principal European languages, especially [[French]], of which he became a master. It was at this time that he wrote his historical sketches of the Tatar wars and of Ukraine.
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*[http://www.enlight.ru/camera/109/index_e.html Bezborodko's dacha in St Petersburg]
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