On this day

Statesman, patron of arts and sciences, General-Adjutant Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov was born

12 November 1727

On November 1 (12) 1727 in Moscow in the family of a nobleman, captain of the Guards, was born Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, General-Adjutant, statesman, first curator of the Moscow University, founder and the first president of the Academy of Fine Arts, founder of the Kazan gymnasium, the “Moscow Bulletin” newspaper, collector and philanthropist.