Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born May 21, 1827 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died March 23, 1907 (aged 79) • St. Petersburg • Russia

Photos

Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev
See All Images →
Oil painting of Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, shown from the waist up wearing armor and a sash, with one hand resting on a cane, against a dark background.
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Orlov, Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince
Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince Orlov
Russian prince
default image
Ernst Johann, Reichsgraf von Biron
duke of Courland
default image
Vasily Vasilyevich, Prince Golitsyn
Russian statesman
President Vladimir Putin speaks at a podium with the Russian coat of arms, with uniformed military personnel standing in formation behind him.
Vladimir Putin
president of Russia
Portrait of Catherine the Great of Russia by Richard Brompton, showing her in regal attire with a jeweled crown and fur-trimmed robe, set in an ornate oval frame.
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
default image
Mikhail Mikhaylovich, Count Speransky
Russian statesman
Sergey Yulyevich Witte
Sergey Yulyevich, Count Witte
prime minister of Russia
Mystic with ties to the throne
Grigori Rasputin
Russian mystic
default image
Boris Godunov
tsar of Russia
Panin, detail of a portrait by A. Roslin, 1777
Nikita Ivanovich Panin
Russian statesman
Nikolay Pavlovich, Count Ignatyev
Nikolay Pavlovich, Count Ignatyev
Russian statesman
Paul, emperor of Russia
Paul
emperor of Russia
default image
Pyotr Andreyevich, Count Tolstoy
Russian statesman
Ordyn-Nashchokin, Afanasy Lavrentyevich
Afanasy Lavrentyevich Ordyn-Nashchokin
Russian statesman
Anna Ivanovna
Anna
empress of Russia
Aleksey Andreyevich, Graf Arakcheyev
Aleksey Andreyevich, Graf Arakcheyev
Russian general and statesman
default image
Fyodor Vasilyevich, Count Rostopchin
Russian statesman
default image
Andrey Mikhaylovich, Prince Kurbsky
Russian military commander