{{Short description|Russian courtier (1762–1813)}} {{Expand Russian|topic=bio|Дивова, Елизавета Петровна|date=July 2016}} [[File:Divova Buturlina byAnton Graff.jpg|thumb|Portrait by Anton Graff, 1794]] ''' Elizabeth Divov''', also known as '''Elizaveta Petrovna Divova''' ({{langx|ru|Елизавета Петровна Дивова}}; {{nee|'''Buturlina'''}}; 1762–1813),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stroev |first=Aleksandr |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MtIvAQAAIAAJ&q=Boutourlina+divova |title=L'image de l'étranger |date=2010 |publisher=Institut d'études slaves |isbn=978-2-7204-0458-0 |language=fr}}</ref> was a Russian courtier.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Mézin |first1=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-VQAQAAIAAJ&q=Elizaveta+Petrovna+Divova |title=Les Français en Russie au siècle des Lumières: dictionnaire des Français, Suisses, Wallons et autres francophones en Russie de Pierre le Grand à Paul Ier |last2=Rjéoutski |first2=Vladislav |date=2011 |publisher=Centre international d'étude du XVIIIe siècle |isbn=978-2-84559-045-8 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Vigée-Lebrun |first1=Louise-Elisabeth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZazqAAAAMAAJ&q=Elizabeth+Petrovna+Divova |title=Souvenirs, 1755-1842 |last2=Haroche-Bouzinac |first2=Geneviève |date=2008 |publisher=H. Champion |isbn=978-2-7453-1695-0 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DuVQAQAAIAAJ&q=Elizaveta+Divova |title=Les Français en Russie au siècle des Lumières: dictionnaire des Français, Suisses, Wallons et autres francophones en Russie de Pierre le Grand à Paul Ier |date=2011 |publisher=Centre international d'étude du XVIIIe siècle |isbn=978-2-84559-046-5 |language=fr}}</ref> Her father was Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Boutourlin (Buturlin), and her mother was Maria Romanovna Vorontsova.<ref name=:1>{{Cite book |last=Шенкман |first=Григорий |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPkWAQAAIAAJ&q=%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0+%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0 |title=Бутурлины: жизнь между Россией и Италией |date=2004 |publisher=Алетейя |isbn=978-5-89329-723-2 |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Шлобах |first=Йохен |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWEtAAAAMAAJ&q=%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0+%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0 |title=Русские и немцы в XVIII веке: встреча культур |date=2000 |publisher=Наука |isbn=978-5-02-011592-7 |language=ru}}</ref> Princess Dashkova was Elizaveta's maternal aunt.<ref name=:2>{{Cite book |last=Молева |first=Нина |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kwfWAAAAMAAJ&q=%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0+%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0 |title=Дмитрий Григорьевич Левицкий |date=1980 |publisher=Искусство |language=ru}}</ref>

She served as lady-in-waiting to empress Catherine the Great, and was married in 1784 to Adrian Divov.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 1784 she was suspected to be behind a controversial political satire.<ref name=":2" />

In 1792, Divov visited Sweden with her husband, and became known for her involvement in political plots during her stay.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R4IRAQAAMAAJ&q=%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0+%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0 |title=Россия |date=1999 |publisher=О.Г.И. |isbn=978-5-900241-39-5 |language=ru}}</ref> Her house in St. Petersburg, called Little Koblenz, was known as a haven for French émigrés.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Иванов |first=Анатолий Андреевич |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XutMAAAAMAAJ&q=%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0+%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0 |title=Дома и люди: из истории петербургских особняков |date=1997 |publisher=Лениздат |isbn=978-5-289-01902-8 |language=ru}}</ref>

== References == {{reflist}} * Русские портреты XVIII—XIX столетий. Изд. Вел. Кн. Николая Михайловича. СПб. 1906. Т. II вып III. No. 62.

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