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The House of Shuvalov (russian: Шува́лов) is the name of a
Russian noble family, which was documented since the 16th century. The Shuvalov family rose to distinction during the reign of
Empress Elizabeth
Elizabeth Petrovna (russian: Елизаве́та (Елисаве́та) Петро́вна) (), also known as Yelisaveta or Elizaveta, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. She remains one of the most popular List of ...
and was elevated to the rank of
count
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...
on 5 September 1746.
Notable family members
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Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov
Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov (russian: link=no, Ива́н Ива́нович Шува́лов; 1 November 172714 November 1797) was called the Maecenas of the Russian Enlightenment and the first Russian Minister of Education. Russia's first theatre ...
(1727–1797), a lover of Empress Elizabeth and
Maecenas
Gaius Cilnius Maecenas ( – 8 BC) was a friend and political advisor to Octavian (who later reigned as emperor Augustus). He was also an important patron for the new generation of Augustan poets, including both Horace and Virgil. During the re ...
of the
Russian Enlightenment
The Russian Age of Enlightenment was a period in the 18th century in which the government began to actively encourage the proliferation of arts and sciences, which had a profound impact on Russian culture. During this time, the first Russian unive ...
, who declined a comital title offered to him by the sovereign
*Count
Alexander Ivanovich Shuvalov
Count Aleksander Ivanovich Shuvalov (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Шува́лов; 1710 – 1771) was a Russian statesman from the Shuvalov family. His career was dependent on and overshadowed by that of his more brilliant br ...
(1710–1771), the latter's first cousin, a
Field Marshal and head of the secret police
*Count
Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov
Count Pyotr Ivanovich Shuvalov (russian: Петр Иванович Шувалов; 1711 – ) was a Russian statesman and Field Marshal who, together with his brother Aleksandr Shuvalov, paved the way for the elevation of the Shuvalov family to ...
(1711–1762), the latter's brother, a Field Marshal and
Minister of War
A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...
, one of the most influential policy-makers during Elizabeth's reign
*Count
Andrey Petrovich Shuvalov (1743–1789), the latter's son, who spent most of his life abroad, conversing with
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his ''nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his criticism of Christianity—es ...
and writing libertarian verses in French; the
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica names him as the true author of
Catherine II
, en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes
, house =
, father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
, mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
, birth_date =
, birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anha ...
's celebrated letters to the French Encyclopedists
*Count
Peter Andreyevich Shuvalov
Count Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov (russian: Граф Пётр Андре́евич Шува́лов) (27 July 1827, Saint Petersburg – 22 March 1889, Saint Petersburg) was an influential Russian statesman and a counselor to Tsar Alexander II.
Bi ...
(1827–1889), the latter's grandson, who wielded great influence at the court of
Alexander II of Russia
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Pavel Andreyevich Shuvalov
Count Pavel Andreyevich Shuvalov (russian: Па́вел Андре́евич Шува́лов; Leipzig/ Saint Petersburg, – Yalta, ) was an Imperial Russian statesman and the brother of Count Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov.
Biography
Pavel A ...
(1830–1908), the latter's brother, who represented Russia at the
Congress of Berlin
The Congress of Berlin (13 June – 13 July 1878) was a diplomatic conference to reorganise the states in the Balkan Peninsula after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, which had been won by Russia against the Ottoman Empire. Represented at th ...
and at the German court
*Count
Pavel Pavlovich Shuvalov (1859–1905), the latter's son, who headed the Moscow police before his assassination by revolutionaries in 1905
*Count , a Russian general during the
Patriotic War of 1812
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, the Army of Twenty nations, and the Patriotic War of 1812 was launched by Napoleon Bonaparte to force the Russian Empire back into the continental block ...
*Count Mikhail Andreyevich Shuvalov (1850–1903), who inherited the title of Prince
Vorontsov
Vorontsov (russian: Воронцо́в), also Woroncow and de Woroncow-Wojtkowicz,is the name of a Russian noble family whose members attained the dignity of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire in 1744 and became Princes of the Russian Empire in ...
from
his maternal grandfather, but died without issue
*Countess Elizabeth Andreevna Shuvalova (1845–1924), the latter's sister, who inherited the fortune of her brother and married Count
Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov
Other people with the Shuvalov name
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Eduard Shuvalov (born 1965), Siberian oil developer
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Igor Shuvalov
Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov ( rus, И́горь Ива́нович Шува́лов, p=ˈigərʲ ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ʂʊˈvaləf; born 4 January 1967)[Sergei Shuvalov
Sergei Alekseyevich Shuvalov ( rus, Сергей Алексеевич Шувалов; 24 June 1951 – 25 September 2021) was a Russian politician. He served as chairman of the Saratov Oblast Duma from 2002 to 2005, and as the Member of the Fed ...]
(1951—2021), Russian politician
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Vadim Shuvalov
Vadim Shuvalov (russian: Вадим Николаевич Шувалов; born 17 February 1958, Kokhma, Ivanovo Oblast) is a Russian political figure, a deputy of the 8th State Duma.
From 1989 to 2001, Shuvalov worked as Deputy Director fo ...
(born 1958), Russian politician
Residences
The Shuvalov family's residences included three palaces in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
and a manor nearby:
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Shuvalov Mansion – the
Baroque palace of Ivan Shuvalov on
Italyanskaya Street, constructed in 1749–55 to a design by
Savva Chevakinsky
Savva Ivanovich Chevakinsky (russian: Савва Иванович Чевакинский; 1709 – aft. 1774) was a Russian architect of the Baroque school. He worked in Saint Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo.
Chevakinsky was born into a noble famil ...
and later sold to the
Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire
The Ministry of Justice was one of the Russian Empire's central public institutions and was established on 8 September 1802. The ministry was headed by the Minister of Justice (who was at the same time the Senate Procurator General).
Structure
* ...
, best known as the place where the
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 T ...
started to operate;
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Moika Palace
The Palace of the Yusupovs on the Moika (russian: Дворец Юсуповых на Мойке), known as the Moika Palace or Yusupov Palace, is a former residence of the Russian noble House of Yusupov in St. Petersburg, Russia, now a museum. ...
– the
Neoclassical palace of Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov, later sold to the
House of Yusupov
The House of Yusupov (russian: Юсу́повы, r=Yusupovy) is a Russian princely family descended from the monarchs of the Nogai Horde, renowned for their immense wealth, philanthropy and art collections in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most not ...
(who decorated it with shameless opulence), best known as the place where
Rasputin
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (; rus, links=no, Григорий Ефимович Распутин ; – ) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, thus ga ...
was killed
;
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Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace
The Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace (russian: Дворец Нарышкиных-Шуваловых), also known as the Shuvalov Palace, is a Neoclassical building on the Fontanka Embankment in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Once home to the noble Naryshki ...
– a Neoclassical palace on the
Fontanka Embankment
The Fontanka Embankment (russian: Набережная реки Фонтанки) is a street in Saint Petersburg that follows the course of the Fontanka River from its origin as it diverges from the Neva River up to its confluence with the Great ...
that was inherited by Pavel Petrovich Shuvalov in 1900 from the
Naryshkin family
The House of Naryshkin (russian: Нарышкины) is a noble Moscow boyar family of Crimean Tatar descent, going back to a certain Mordko Kurbat Naryshko, a Crimean Tatar, who moved to Moscow in the 15th century.Sergei O. Prokofieff, ''The Spir ...
, which is now the location of the
Fabergé Museum
The Fabergé Museum is a privately owned museum located in the German spa city of Baden-Baden, dedicated to items made by the Russian jewellery firm Fabergé. It was opened by Russian art collector Alexander Ivanov on 9 May 2009. It is owned by ...
;
*the manor of
Pargolovo near Saint Petersburg.
Through marriage, the Shuvalovs also acquired property in
Courland, including
Rundale Palace
The rundale system (apparently from the Irish Gaelic words "Roinn" which refers to the division of something and "Dáil", usually meaning meeting or assembly) was a form of occupation of land in Ireland, somewhat resembling the English common fiel ...
, which was originally built for
Ernst Johann von Biron
Ernst Johann von Biron (german: Ernst Johann von Biron; russian: link=no, Эрнст Иоганн Бирон; (german: link=no, Bühren); ) was a Duke of Courland and Semigallia (1737–1740 and 1763–1769) and briefly regent of the Russian E ...
.
Gallery
File:282. St. Petersburg. Palace of Shuvalov.jpg, Shuvalov Mansion in Saint Petersburg
File:Yusupov Palace 01.JPG, Moika Palace
The Palace of the Yusupovs on the Moika (russian: Дворец Юсуповых на Мойке), known as the Moika Palace or Yusupov Palace, is a former residence of the Russian noble House of Yusupov in St. Petersburg, Russia, now a museum. ...
in Saint Petersburg
File:4819-1. St. Petersburg. Fontanka Embankment, 21.jpg, Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace
The Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace (russian: Дворец Нарышкиных-Шуваловых), also known as the Shuvalov Palace, is a Neoclassical building on the Fontanka Embankment in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Once home to the noble Naryshki ...
in St. Petersburg
File:Большой дворец усадьбы Шуваловых (Е.А. Воронцовой-Дашковой) «Парголово», фото 7.jpg, Shuvalov manor in Pargolovo
File:Лысьва. Дом Шувалова04.jpg, Shuvalov house in Lysva
Lysva (russian: Лысьва) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Perm Krai, Russia, located in the eastern part of the krai on the river Lysva (river), Lysva, from Perm, Russia, Perm. Population:
History
Lysva as a settlemen ...
File:Главный дом Городская усадьба Шувалова 01.JPG, Shuvalov residence in Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
File:Bauska Schloss Rundale 10.JPG, Rundale Palace
The rundale system (apparently from the Irish Gaelic words "Roinn" which refers to the division of something and "Dáil", usually meaning meeting or assembly) was a form of occupation of land in Ireland, somewhat resembling the English common fiel ...
in Latvia
External links
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Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften Teil 2,3: Estland, Görlitz 1930Information about Shuvalov Palace- Fabergé Museum website
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Surnames