Kozitsky Grigory (1724–1775) – writer, journalist, State Secretary of Catherine the Great.
After the Kievan Mogialyanskaya Academy, he kept his studies at the University of Leipzig. He knew well Latin, Greek, French, and German languages. Since 1756, he taught at the Academic Gymnasium in St. Petersburg. He wrote articles for magazines ‘Trudoliubivaya pchela’ (Laborious Bee), ‘Vsyakay vsyachina’ (Sundries; he was, possibly, the Chief Editor of that weekly magazine since 1769). Since 1758, he made lectures in philosophy and literary disciplines at the Ac. of Sc., later he became Academic Councilor. Since 1765, he served at the court of Catherine the Great – as an Assistant, later as the State Secretary.
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