SIRIO 19 (1876): 463-4, Suffolk to Gunning 30 June 1775, St James's. SIRIO 19: 476-9, Suffolk to Gunning 1 September 1775; George III to CII 1 September 1775.
SIRIO 19 (1876): 476, Suffolk to Gunning 1 September 1775, St James's. SIRIO 19: 476-501, Suffolk to Gunning 8 September 1775. SIRIO 19: 489, Gunning to Suffolk 20 September/i October 1775, Moscow. SIRIO 19: 500-2, CII to George III 23 September 1775, Moscow.
RGADA 5.85.1.343, L 11, CII to GAP ud.
RGADA 1.1/1.54.3, L 85. RGADA 5.84.1.149, L 86. RGADA 5.85.1.172, L 87, CII to GAP.
SIRIO 19 (1876): 506, Gunning to Suffolk 5/16 October 1775, Moscow.
RGADA 1.1/1.54.30, L 74. GARF 728.1.417.1, L 66. RGADA 5.85.1.166, L 68.
RGADA 5.85.1.265, L 95, GAP to CII ud.
Castera vol 2 pp 314-15; Waliszewski, Autour d'un trone vol 2 p 148.
GARF 728.1.416.49, L 69, CII to GAP ud. RGADA 5.85.1.159, L 75, CII to GAP ud.
RGADA 5.85.1.161, L 76, CII to GAP ud.
RGADA 5.85.1.161, L 76, CII to GAP. RGADA 11.1.946.595, V. A. Engelhardt to GAP 5 July 1775.
CHAPTER 10: HEARTBREAK AND UNDERSTANDING
RGADA 5.85.1.369, L 94.
SIRIO 19 (1876): 509, Sir Robert Gunning to Earl of Suffolk 1/12 January 1776, St Petersburg.
SIRIO 19 (1876): 511, Richard Oakes to William Eden 16/27 February 1776, St Petersburg.
SIRIO 19 (1876): 511, Oakes to Eden (16/27 February and 26 February/8 March 1776, St Petersburg. Corberon p 164, 27 January 1776; p 190, 11 February 1776; p 194, 30 March 1776.
RGADA 85.1.267, L 94, CII to GAP ud.
RGADA 5.85.1.412, L 91, CII to GAP ud.
RGADA 5.85.2.305, L 95.
RGADA 5.85.1.413, L 91. RGADA 5.85.1.419, L 91. RGADA 5.85.1.412,1.91. RGADA 5.85.1.412, L 92. RGADA 5.85.1.363, L 93. RGADA 5.85.1.366, L 93. RGADA 5.85.1.369, L 94. RGADA 5.85.1.267, L 95.
RGADA 5.85.1.412, L 91, CII to GAP. RGADA 5.85.1.384, L 91, CII to GAP.
RGADA 5.85.1.364, L 92, CII to GAP.
RGADA 5.85.1.413, L 91. RGADA 5.85.1.419, L 91. RGADA 5.85.1.412^91. RGADA 5.85.1.412, L 92. RGADA 5.85.1.363, L 93. RGADA 5.85.1.366, L 93. RGADA 5.85.1.369, L 94. RGADA 5.85.1.267, L 95.
RGADA 5.85.3.87, L 96, CII to GAP. RA (1878) 1 p 18, CII to Prince D. M. Golitsyn 13 January 1776. Corberon p 188, 22 March 1776.
Corberon p 190 24 March 1776.
B&F vol 1 p 18, Count Louis Cobenzl to JII 5 May 1780.
RS (1895) 83 p 31, CII to Count О. M. Stackelberg 2/13 May 1776, 12/23 May. V. A. Bilbasov, Trisoedineniye Kurlyandii к Rossii', RS (1895) 83 pp 30-4. Also Prussian envoys informed FII about Courland issue in despatches of 23 April and 8 September 1776 and 4 May 1781. RGIA 1640.1.32, FII to GAP 29 May NS 1776, Potsdam, unpublished.
RGVIA 271.1.28.6, 2 September 1775, and 271.1.28.7, 6 October 1775, Prince Henry of Prussia to GAP unpublished. Also RGIA 1640.1.32, FII to GAP 29 May NS 1776, Potsdam, unpublished. Corberon p 210, 9 April 1776.
RGADA 1.1/1.54.67, L 98, CII to GAP.
This account of the death of Grand Duchess Natalia is based on KFZ April-May 1776, Corberon pp 229-50, Madariaga, Russia pp 344-6, and Alexander, CtG pp 228-31, as well as the stated letters between CII and GAP and others.
RGADA 5.85.1.307^98.
KFZ 9 to 15 April 1776. SIRIO 42: 346, CII to Kozmin.
Corberon p 229, 26 April 1776.
Corberon pp 230-1. SIRIO 27: 78-9. SIRIO 19: 519, Oakes to Eden 15/26 April 1776.
Dimsdale p 46, 22 August 1781. Alexander, CtG p 229.
Corberon p 244, 5 May 1776.
SIRIO 19 (1876): 520, Oakes to Eden 15/26 April, 3/14 May, 10/21 May and 14/25 June. Corberon p 244, 5 May 1776.
A. A. Vassilchikov, Semeystvo Razumovskikh vol 1 p 363, Count Kirill Razumovsky to M. V. Kovalinsky.
Corberon p 248, 7 May 1776; p 246, 6 May 1776; p 259, 21 May 1776.
RGADA 5.85.1.235, L 100. GARF 728.1.416.1, L 102. CII to GAP.
RGADA 5.85.1.345-6, L 103.
RGADA 5.85.1.235-6. GARF 728.1.416.1, L 102. RGADA 5.85.1.345-6, L 103. RGADA 1.1/1.43.119, L 104. Moskovskiye Vedomosti 16 August 1776, quoted in Alexander, CtG p 207.
RGADA 1.1/1.43.119, L 104. RGADA 5.85.1.14, L 106. The Empress Elisabeth gave A. G. Razumovsky the Anichkov Palace in 1756: Anisimov, Empress Elisabeth p 202. It was named Anichkov after the Colonel Anichkov who built the bridge that stands beside it.
SIRIO 19 (1876): 519, Oakes to Eden 1/12 July 1776, St Petersburg. Rumiantseva p 204, Rumiantseva to P. A. Rumiantsev.
RGADA 5.85.1.385, L 106, CII to GAP ud. RGADA 5.85.3.91, L 106, CII to GAP. Karnovich p 266. Samoilov col 1205. Harris p 528 may be the origin of the figure of nine million roubles: it certainly sounds very high and is probably inaccurate, but given the variety of gifts and the haphazard generosity with which they were offered it is impossible to verify. It is possible that the figure could originate in Potemkin's boasting about his wealth to Harris. The figures for the souls and the Krichev estate are however verifiable, using the Samuel Bentham papers, Samoilov's papers, and others sources: see Chapter 20. Samoilov, as one of GAP's circle and an heir of the estate, is trustworthy.
SIRIO 19 (1876): 521, Oakes to Eden 26 July/6 August 1776, St Petersburg.
Brockliss pp 279-303.
Castera vol 2 p 308.
CHAPTER Ii: HER FAVOURITES
Russkiy istoricheskiy zhurnal 5 (1918): 244-57, quoted in Alexander, CtG pp 342- 52. Pisma imp. Ekateriny II k gr. P. V. Zavadovskomu ijj^-ijjj ed I. A. Barskov, letters 7, 22, 30, 33, 35, 39, CII to P. V. Zavadovsky.
AKV 12: 9-10, Zavadovsky to S. R. Vorontsov.
Russkiy istoricheskiy zhurnal 5 (1918): 244-57, quoted in Alexander, CtG pp 342- 52. Pisma CII - Zavadovsky (Barskov) letters 7, 22, 30, 33, 35, 39, CII to Zavadovsky.
Parkinson p 76.
Russkiy istoricheskiy zhurnal. Pisma CII - Zavadovsky (Barskov) and Alexander CtG, pp 342-52 letters 27, 62, CII to Zavadovsky. RGADA 5.85.1.296, L 114. RGADA 1.1/1.54.96, L 114, CII to GAP.
Masson p 105.
AKV 24: 156, Zavadovsky to S. R. Vorontsov.
CtG, Memoirs 1955 p 355 Frank Confession to GAP.
GARF 728.1.416.51, L 115.
AKV 12: 16-19, Zavadovsky to S. R. Vorontsov.
Alexander, CtG p 213.
RGADA 1.1/1.54.69, L 116.
GARF 728.1.416.51, L 115.
RGADA 1.1/1.54.69, L 116.
Harris p 149, Sir James Harris (H) to William Eden February 2/13 1778; H to Earl of Suffolk 2/13 February 1778. Where page number for 'Harris' is not given, date refers to 'Diaries and Correspondence of Sir James Harris, ist Earl of Malmesbury.'
Harris p 170, H to William Fraser 16/27 May 1778.
Harris p 172, H to Suffolk 22 May/2 June 1778; p 173, H to Suffolk 29 May/9 June 1778.
KFZ 8 May 1778. RGADA 5.85.1.141, L 124.
SIRIO 23: 89, CII to Baron F. M. Grimm 16 May 1778.
GIM OPI 197.1.152, L 124.
Madariaga, Russia p 354.
Harris, H to Suffolk 20/31 December 1778.
RGADA 5.85.1.59, L 125, CII to GAP ud.
Starina i Novizna (1901) 4 ed P. M. Maykov pp 23-4, Zavadovsky to Count P. A. Rumiantsev.
RA (1881) 3 pp 402-3, CII to Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov.
RGADA 5.85.1.59, L 125, CII to GAP. KFZ 1 June, 28 June 1778. RA (1881) 3 pp 402-3, CII to Korsakov. RP 5.1 p 119. Harris p 174, H to Suffolk 8/19 June 1778.