Kirill Razumovsky Research Paper

Kirill Razumovsky held power from 1750-1764. Kirill Razumovsky was born to a family of registered Cossacks out of the Kiev (Ukraine’s capital) regiment on March 18, 1782. His adjutant (military officer) in his journey to Germany was Grigory Teplov. Teplov was a wielded influence over Little Russia in his capacity as the secretary and advisor to Kirill Razumovsky, which Razumovsky married Teplov’s cousin. By having Teplov as his advisor and secretary, it gave Kirill a lead and advantage to win the election in 1750. Kirill was a Hetman (a Cossack military commander) of Ukraine. In the fall of 1764, the Empress Catherine II ousted (drove out) Kirill of Hetman power and started offensive against those left of the political autonomy of the Left-Bank Ukraine. Aside from having Teplov as his advisor and secretary, one of Kirill’s main reasons for holding power was because he was born into a family of Cossacks, who were important military and political forces and who were also feared.
The country had always been seen as being apart of the USSR, the Soviet Union. No Ukrainians could ever express their desperation for freedom from the Soviet Union. In a two year battle, Ukrainians fought against the Russians in Donbas, this signified Ukrainians working to achieve their goal of being a free country. The country’s national identity was not damaged or they weren’t seen as a bad country for wanting their freedom the Soviet Union. This wasn’t similar to another event that happened in the United States where the South wanted to succeed from the North, or the United States. The Soviet Union used propaganda that Vladimir Putin still had used towards the USSR. After other important events that occurred while Ukraine tried to leave the Soviet Union, they never knew how they’d do on their own as a “free”