Shuvalov, Ivan Ivanovich, 1727-1797
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- Koginov, I︠U︡riĭ. Tatʹi︠a︡nin denʹ, 1998:t.p. (Ivan Shuvalov) leaf facing t.p. (Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, 1727-1797)
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Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov (Russian: Иван Иванович Шувалов; 1 November 1727 – 26 November 1797) was called the Maecenas (patron) of the Russian Enlightenment, the first Russian Minister of Education and Active Privy Councillor (1773). Russia's first theatre, university, and academy of arts were instituted with his active participation. A favorite of Elizaveta Petrovna of Russia and a friend of the scientist M.V. Lomonosov.
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