Grigory Kozitsky

Grigory Vasilyevich Kozitsky (1724, Kiev – January 6, 1776, Moscow) was a Russian writer and journalist of Ukrainian origin, Cabinet Secretary of Catherine II (1768–1774), who helped her in the publication of the magazine Vsyakaya Vsyachina. Biography Originally from Ukraine, from Little Russian landless nobles of Cossack–senior origin, he studied at the Kiev–Mogila Academy, then in Germany. In 1756, he arrived in the capital of the Russian Empire, the city of Saint Petersburg, where he worked under the guidance of Mikhail Lomonosov, taught at the Academic Gymnasium. After the death of Lomonosov, he analyzed his papers, translated some of them into Latin. Published in the magazines "Monthly Essays", "Hard–Working Bee", "All Sorts of Things". In 1765, he was close to the court and became Catherine the Great's technical assistant, and then assumed the position of her secretary of state. Two years later, he accompanies the empress, along with Count Vladimir Orlov, on a journey along the Volga. In 1773, along with Nikolai Motonis, he acted as the scientific editor of the book "Brief Geographical, Political and Historical News About Little Russia" by Vasily Ruban.