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Ivan Ivanovich Tolstoy (1858—1916) was an Imperial Russian politician.

Life

His father was Russian diplomat

Ivan Matveyevich Tolstoy Count Ivan Matveyevich Tolstoy (russian: Ива́н Матве́евич Толсто́й; ) was a Russian nobleman, diplomat, senator, grand master of court ceremonies, and minister of postal service. Biography Count I. M. Tolstoy worked in ...

. His brother was Dmitry Ivanovich Tolstoy (1860-1941), who was director of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg. He served as Vice President of the Russian

Imperial Academy of Arts The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name ''Academy of the Thre ...

while

Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (russian: Влади́мир Александрович; 22 April 1847 – 17 February 1909) was a son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, a brother of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and the senior Gr ...

was Academy President. He later served as Imperial Minister of Education in the Witte Government.

References

*''Out of My Past: The Memoirs of Count Kokovtsov'' Edited by H.H. Fisher and translated by Laura Matveev; Stanford University Press, 1935. *''The Memoirs of Count Witte'' Edited and translated by Sydney Harcave; Sharpe Press, 1990.

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* 1857 births 1919 deaths Russian monarchists Education ministers of Russia Ivan Ivanovich Burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery {{Russia-politician-stub