Konstantin Rodofinikin (; 1760–1838), contemporarily known simply as ''Rodophinikin'', was a

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Imperial diplomat, agent in

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(1807–13), and member of the

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. He came from a Greek noble family, born on

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. He served in the military, joining the Pereyaslav Cossack regiment in 1783, and then entered the Collegium of Commerce in 1786.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodofinikin, Konstantin Politicians from the Russian Empire 19th-century diplomats of the Russian Empire People of the Serbian Revolution People from the Russian Empire of Greek descent People from Rhodes Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire Greeks from the Ottoman Empire 1760 births 1838 deaths Burials at the Dukhovskaya Church