WolIL] Original Memoii's of the Late Emprefs of Rufi®,  . 
annum. . On the «7th of july, 176 6, the 
Emprefs. held, the inauguration. of the 
Academy,of Arts, at St. Peterfburgh; 
and in the fame. year invited literati from 
Germany, and other parts of Europe, to 
the Academy of Sciences, which had been 
initituted by. Peter the Great. ..Thefe 
perfons were, on their arrival, provided 
with houfes and ample falaries, that they 
might. profecute their ftudies with eafe 
and convenience. . 
The year 1766, prefented at Peterfburgh 
the grandeft fpectacle that perhaps ever 
was feen in Europe. At.an entertain- 
ment, which the Emprefs chofe to name a 
carouzel, the principal nobility appeared 
jn- the mott fumptuous dreffes {parkling 
with diamonds, and mounted on horfes 
richly caparifoned, in a magnificent 
theatre ercéted for that purpofe. Here 
all that has. been read of. the ancient 
joufts and tournaments, was realized and 
exceeded. in the. prefence of thoufands of 
{peétators, who feemed-to vie with each 
other in the, brilliancy of their appear- 
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dn, 4768, the war broke out with the 
Ottoman, Porte, the various events of 
which: it would fcarcely be poffible to 
enuinerate, much lefs to particularize 
in ther {pace to which this article mutt 
of neceflity, be confined. One” event, 
however, in which our countryman, the 
Contre-Admiral Greig, difplayed his fu- 
perior conduct and bravery, cannot be 
pafied over. It was on the 2ath of C&to- 
ber,,..0...8. °1772, .that he burned the 
‘Durkith fleet in the harbour of T{chefine 
in the Archipelago, and deftroyed. the 
enemy's magazines. A peace with the 
‘Vurks was concluded the roth of July, 
1775: Eh 
In the year 1773, the Grand Duke 
Paul Petrovitch married-a Princefs of 
the Houfe of Heffe Darmftadt, who, on 
her baptifm into the Greek church, took 
the name of Natalia Alexievna; but, 
dying in child-birth the following year, 
the. Grand Duke,* in 1776, efpoufed a 
daughter. of the Duke.of W urtemberg 
Stutgard, bern the 14th of Oober, 17 595 
and, on her ‘admiifion to the national 
communion, adopted the name of Maria 
Beodorofna. The Grand Duchefs was 
brought to bed the 12th of December, 
2777, of the Grand Duke Alexander 
Pavlovitch, and on the 27th of April, 
1779, was born the Grand Duke Con- 
Kantine Paviovitch. Thele happy events 
were followed by the birth of the Grand 
Ducheis Agexandra Pavlovna, the 2gth 
975 
of July, 1783; of Helena Pavlovna, | 
December 13, 1784; of Maria Paviovna, 
February 4, 1786; of Catharine Paviev- 
na, May 10, 1788; of Anna Pavlovna, 
January 7, 1795; and of Nicolai Pavlo~ 
vitch, born the ad of July, 1796; 
The care beftowed by the Empréef on 
-the education and nurture of her grand 
‘Children was unremitted. Conftantine, 
almoft immediately on his birth, was 
delivered’ to Greek nurfes from the 
-Archipelago, that the language of the 
Conftantines might be familiar to himy,, 
whom fhe cone day hoped to. feat on their 
throne. Ih this grand {cheme, of re= 
viving the Grecian empire, it is generally 
{uppoted we are to look for the origin 
of the wars carried on again the Turks. 
‘The tutors, appointed: to both of the 
Princes, were feleéted with care, but the 
Emprefs would frequently infpeét their 
leffons, and examine ‘the pupils ‘in’ the 
prefence of their mafters. 
In 1768 fhe compofed inftruétions for 
@ New code of laws for her dominions ; 
and the fame year the fubmitted to the has — 
zard of inoculation, in order that her fub= 
jects, to whom the practice was unknown, 
might benefit by her example; and the 
experiment, under Baron Dimidale, havi 
ing happily fucceeded, it was commemoz 
rated by an annual thank{eriving. This year 
a war broke out with the Ottoman Porte. 
In January, 1769, the Khan of the Kri: 
mea made an attack on the territory of 
Bachmut on the river Bog, where he 
was feveral times bravely repulfed with 
his army of Tartars and Turks, by Maz 
jor General Rornanius and Prince Pros 
forofikoi. At the fame time were! fou ght. 
the battles of Zekanofea and Scroca on: 
the Dnieper, when the large magazines 
of the enemy were burned... In B ebruary 
the Polith Cofaks in :the voyvodethip of 
Braclau put themfelves under the Raffian 
iceptre. . In the fame month the Nifovian’ 
Saparogian Kefaks gain a. battle in the 
deiarts-of the Krim. In March the-Pos 
lith rebels are fubdued: and. their town 
taken by Major General Ifmailof. April. 
2d,' the Bert of I aganrock is taken on 
the Sea of Azoff. On the rgth, the RuMan 
army under the general inchief, Prince Gow 
litzin, crofies the Dniefter. Ox the roth the 
victory by) Prince Galitzin near Chotyim. 
On the 21ft the Furks are defeated nog 
fax from Chotyim, by Lieut. Gen. Count 
Soltikof, The agth, the ation between 
the. Ruflian Kalmucs, and: the. Kuban, 
‘Tartars, to the -difa dventace of the lattery 
June Sth, defeat of the Durks atthe mouth 
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