Title
Founders of the Imperial Free Economic Society of Russia
Description
Painting of the 15 founders of the Imperial Free Economic Society of Russia.
Founded in 1765, the Free Economic Society is the first public organization in Russia and one of the world's oldest public organizations.
In the fall of 1765, a group of Russia's most influential and famous public officials (Count R.I. Vorontsov, Prince G.G. Orlov, Count I.G. Chernyshev, Senator A.V. Olsufyev and others) turned to Catherine the Great with a request to extend her personal supreme patronage to their "unification based on voluntary consent" aimed at "improving agriculture and territorial arrangement" in the country. The Empress approved the project with her letter of reply as of October 31st, 1765.
Chamberlain and Jägermeister Reinhold Wilhelm von Pohlmann standing far left. He went on to become the Society’s president in 1770.
Standing (left to right):
- Polman Wilhelm Romanovich - Chamberlain and Jägermeister
- Falk Johann Peter - Director of the Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg
- Teplov Grigory Nikolaevich - Assessor (Counsellor to the President) of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
- Model Johan Georg - Chief Pharmacist of the Imperial St. Petersburg Main Pharmacy
- Orlov Grigory Grigorievich - Chamberlain of the Court, General-Ansheff, aide-de-camp to Empress Catherine II
- Klingstet Timofey Ivanovich - Vice-President of the Justice Collegium, full member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
- Nartov Andrei Andreevich - full State Councillor, Colonel of Artillery
- Leman Johann Georg - Professor of St. Petersburg University
- Ekleben Andrew - court gardener
- Chernyshev Ivan Grigorievich - General Field Marshal, Procurator General of the Senate
- Cherkasov Alexander Ivanovich - full Privy Councillor, President of the Medical College
Sitting:
- Peken Christian - collegiate councillor, scientific secretary and member of the Medical Board
- Taubert Ivan Ivanovich - member of the board, councillor of the chancellery of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
- Olsufyev Adam Vasilyevich - the first president of the Free Economic Society, State Secretary of Empress Catherine II, Senator
- Vorontsov Roman Illarionovich - full chamberlain, full Privy Councillor
Date
Unknown
Creator
Unknown
Providing institution
ВЭО РОССИИ / VEO Russia
Classification
Painting
Material
Oil on canvas
Measurements
Unknown
Rights
© Вольное экономическое общество России / Free Economic Society of Russia
