Alexander Shuvalov

Biography:

Count Aleksandr Ivanovich Shuvalov was a Russian statesman from the Shuvalov family. His career was dependent on and overshadowed by that of his more brilliant brother Pyotr Ivanovich Shuvalov. The Shuvalov brothers were two sons of a general who commanded the castle of Vyborg and governed Arkhangelsk during the reign of Empress Anna. They were the closest aides to Elizabeth Petrovna during the 1741 coup d'etat that brought her to the throne.