Alexei Grigorievich Razumovsky was born as Alexei ( or Oleksiy ) Rozum on 17 March 1709 ( NS : 28 March ) on Lemeshi Gregory Rozum .
Lemeshi is a farm near Chernihiv to the family of a registered Ukrainian - born Cossack .
Alexei Grigorievich Razumovsky was born as Alexei ( or Oleksiy ) Rozum on 17 March 1709 ( NS : 28 March ) on Lemeshi , a farm near Chernihiv to the family of a registered Ukrainian - born Cossack , Gregory Rozum .