Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov

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Prince Nikolai Yusupov. A portrait (1783) by Heinrich Friedrich Füger

Nikolay Yusupov ( Russian Николай Борисович Юсупов ., Scientific transliteration Nikolaj Borisovič Yusupov , * 1750 , † 1831 in Arkhangelskoye in Moscow ) was a Russian Prince ( Knyaz ) and statesman, who also serves as an art collector and - patron famous nationally.

Life

Nikolai Yusupov was the eldest son of the Prince and Moscow Governor Boris Grigoryevich Yusupov. He already spoke five foreign languages ​​in his youth and began his civil service career around 1783 as a diplomat. In this capacity, Nikolai Yusupov, who also had an enthusiasm for art throughout his life, was, among other things, the Russian envoy to Italy . There he succeeded in Pope Pius VI. to get a permit for the reconstruction of the Raphael loggias for the St. Petersburg Hermitage . From 1788 Yusupov was a member of the Imperial Russian Governing Senate and from 1796 a real Council of State .

From 1810 until his death, Yusupov was the owner of the Arkhangelskoje estate northwest of Moscow near the present-day city of Krasnogorsk . There he exhibited the art pieces he had collected, a total of over 600 paintings in Yusupov's possession alone. Yusupov was considered one of the richest citizens of Russia in the early 19th century and was friends with several well-known artists, including the poet Alexander Pushkin , who even dedicated a poem to him. According to rumors, Yusupov also had a love affair with Tsarina Catherine II.

The Arkhangelskoje estate, which was sometimes referred to as "the Moscow Versailles " due to the splendid classical renovation carried out under Yusupov , has been preserved to this day and is run as a museum. Large parts of the holdings from Yusupov's art collection are now exhibited in the most famous art museums in Russia (including the St. Petersburg Hermitage and the Moscow Pushkin Museum ).

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SURNAME Yusupov, Nikolai Borisovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jusupov, Nikolaj Borisovič; Юсу́пов, Никола́й Бори́сович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian prince (Knjas) and statesman
DATE OF BIRTH 1750
DATE OF DEATH 1831
Place of death Arkhangelskoye near Moscow