Ivan Shuvalov
Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov (1 November 1727 – 14 November 1797) was called the Maecenas of the Russian Enlightenment and the first Russian Minister of Education. Russia's first theatre, university, and academy of arts were instituted with his active participation.
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