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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...
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    Elizabeth and was elevated to the rank of count on 5 September 1746. Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov (1727–1797), a lover of Empress Elizabeth and Maecenas of the Russian...
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    Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name Academy of the Three Noblest Arts. Catherine the Great...
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    Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov (Russian: И́горь Ива́нович Шува́лов, IPA: [ˈigərʲ ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ʂʊˈvaləf]; born 4 January 1967) is a Russian politician and statesmen...
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    position at court (though in his last years he was rivaled by the younger Ivan Shuvalov); in 1744, the empress visited his native village and met members of...
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    Count Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov (Russian: Пётр Иванович Шувалов, romanized: Pëtr Ivanovič Šuvalov; 1711 – 15 January [O.S. 4 January] 1762) was a Russian...
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    regarding architecture: she modernised Russia's roads, encouraged Ivan Shuvalov's foundation of the Imperial Academy of Arts, and financed grandiose...
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    Shakhovskoy Boris Sheremetev Pyotr Sheremetev Alexander Shuvalov Ivan Shuvalov Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov Jacob von Sievers Simeon II of Bulgaria Mikhail Speransky...
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    winners, and one Turing Award winner were affiliated with the university. Ivan Shuvalov and Mikhail Lomonosov promoted the idea of a university in Moscow, and...
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    — official favourite, possibly husband Pimen Lyalin Nikita Beketov Ivan Shuvalov — official favourite Elizaveta Vorontsova see also: ru:Список мужчин...
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    landowner's daughter, married Count Andrei Shuvalov (1802-1873), thus bringing the vast Zubov estates into the Shuvalov family. Rounding, Virginia (2007). Catherine...
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    Razumovsky Ivan Shuvalov Elizaveta Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin Pyotr Zavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov...
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    Lieutenant Vasily Mirovich, who tried to free the former Russian Emperor Ivan VI Antonovich from the Shlisselburg Fortress (1764). As the president of...
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    Moscow and put under the care of the first Russian Minister of Education Ivan Shuvalov (that day was his mother's name day). In 1791, the Church of Saint Tatiana...
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    entreaty, Anna appointed Biron regent during the minority of the baby emperor, Ivan VI of Russia. Her common sense told her that the only way she could save...
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    Ivan Nikolajevich Rimsky-Korsakov, né Korsav (29 June 1754 – 31 July 1831 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian courtier and lover of Catherine...
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    Prince Serge Wolkonsky became Director of the Imperial Theaters, succeeding Ivan Vsevolozhsky. Although he held the position only until 1902, he achieved...
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    Razumovsky Ivan Shuvalov Elizaveta Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin Pyotr Zavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov...
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    ancestor Thomas Hamilton had emigrated to Russia during the reign of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, and was probably the daughter of William Hamilton and the cousin...
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    Razumovsky Ivan Shuvalov Elizaveta Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin Pyotr Zavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov...
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    the Russian court, a close confidant of Empress Elizabeth, favorite Ivan Shuvalov's niece and Dame of Order of Saint Catherine (1816). She was the youngest...
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    Moscow State University, which occupies some of its original buildings. Ivan Shuvalov and Mikhail Lomonosov promoted the idea of a university in Moscow, and...
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    high-pressure position: after Zavadovsky came Semyon Zorich (May 1777 to May 1778), Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov (May 1778 to late 1778), Alexander Lanskoy (1780–1784), Alexander...
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    1721, but at the request of his rival Osterman, the Vyborg commandant Ivan Shuvalov delayed him in Vyborg for two whole days, and when Pavel Yaguzhinsky...
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    Razumovsky Ivan Shuvalov Elizaveta Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin Pyotr Zavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov...
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  • Razumovsky Ivan Shuvalov Elizaveta Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin Pyotr Zavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov...
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    the 20th century. The oldest and least notable of four Orlov brothers was Ivan Grigoryevich Orlov (1733–1791). After his father's death in 1746 he became...
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    Ekaterina Alexandrovna Golovkina (category Shuvalov family)
    Empress Elizabeth, niece of Ivan Shuvalov, and state lady. Ekaterina was the only daughter of Count Alexander Ivanovich Shuvalov (1710-1771), field marshal...
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    Razumovsky Ivan Shuvalov Elizaveta Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin Pyotr Zavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov...
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    Enlightened Absolutism found their way into Russia. Elizaveta's favourite, Ivan Shuvalov, was an ideal enlightened courtier: he was instrumental in the establishment...
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