In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Shuvalov.
His Excellency
Ivan Shuvalov
Иван Шувалов
Ivan Shuvalov in 1760, as painted by F. Rokotov A variation of L. Tokke's composition Canvas, oil. 68.6 × 54.2 cm Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Born
(1727-11-12)12 November 1727
Moscow
Died
26 November 1797(1797-11-26) (aged 70)
Shuvalov Mansion, Saint Petersburg
Nationality
Russian
Occupation
Minister of education
Partner
Empress Elizabeth Petrovna
Parent(s)
Ivan Maximovich Shuvalov Jr. Tatiana Rodionovna Ratislavskaya
Family
Shuvalov
Honours
Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1751) Order of St. Vladimir 1st Class (1782) Order of St. Andrew the First-Called (1782)
1st Curator of Imperial Moscow University
In office 1755–1797
Monarchs
Elizabeth Petrovna Peter III Catherine II
1st Senior Director of Imperial Academy of Arts
In office 1757–1763
Monarchs
Elizabeth Petrovna Peter III Catherine II
Succeeded by
Ivan Ivanovich Betskoy
Senior Director of the First Cadet Corps
In office 1763–1767
Monarch
Catherine II
Preceded by
Yakov Larionovich Brandt
Military service
Rank
Lieutenant-general
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; friend of the scientist M.V. Lomonosov.
Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov (Russian: Иван Иванович Шувалов; 1 November 1727 – 26 November 1797) was called the Maecenas (patron) of the Russian Enlightenment...
Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov (Russian: И́горь Ива́нович Шува́лов, IPA: [ˈigərʲ ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ʂʊˈvaləf]; born 4 January 1967) is a Russian politician and statesmen...
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...
Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University IvanShuvalov under the name Academy of the Three Noblest Arts. Catherine the Great...
Count Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov (Russian: Пётр Иванович Шувалов, romanized: Pëtr Ivanovič Šuvalov; 1711 – 15 January [O.S. 4 January] 1762) was a Russian...
position at court (though in his last years he was rivaled by the younger IvanShuvalov); in 1744, the empress visited his native village and met members of...
romanized: Moskovskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet imeni M. V. Lomonosova) IvanShuvalov and Mikhail Lomonosov promoted the idea of a university in Moscow, and...
landowner's daughter, remarried Count Andrei Shuvalov (1802-1873), thus bringing the vast Zubov estates into the Shuvalov family. Rounding, Virginia (2007). Catherine...
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...
Moscow State University, which occupies some of its original buildings. IvanShuvalov and Mikhail Lomonosov promoted the idea of a university in Moscow, and...
Moscow and put under the care of the first Russian Minister of Education IvanShuvalov (that day was his mother's name day). In 1791, the Church of Saint Tatiana...
Lieutenant Vasily Mirovich, who tried to free the former Russian Emperor Ivan VI Antonovich from the Shlisselburg Fortress (1764). As the president of...
Prince Serge Wolkonsky became Director of the Imperial Theaters, succeeding Ivan Vsevolozhsky. Although he held the position only until 1902, he achieved...
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...
the Russian court, a close confidant of Empress Elizabeth, favorite IvanShuvalov's niece and Dame of Order of Saint Catherine (1816). She was the youngest...
1740s. A palace belonging to IvanShuvalov was built here, completed in 1756, after which the street was called Shuvalov Lane. All the odd side of the...
death. Kokorinov has been house architect of the Razumovsky family and IvanShuvalov, the founding president of the Academy. Kokorinov's surviving architectural...
Enlightened Absolutism found their way into Russia. Elizaveta's favourite, IvanShuvalov, was an ideal enlightened courtier: he was instrumental in the establishment...
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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