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Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov

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Shuvalov is known to have been very selfish at times. He worried excessively about his own interests and, quite often, to the detriment of the state and private parties. For example, Shuvalov obtained for himself an exclusive right to export lumber,
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Shuvalov improved the Russian artillery and built a few weapons factories. He invented a special
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trade. Having led a luxurious lifestyle, Shuvalov left a debt of more than a million
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The "secret howitzer" invented by Shuvalov; shape of the bore was to disperse shot
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a project for eliminating internal customs offices and outposts and increasing
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Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
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Pyotr Ivanovich Shuvalov

cannon
Count
Russian
romanized
O.S.
statesman
Field Marshal
Aleksandr Shuvalov
Shuvalov
Russian Empire
Izhevsk
Udmurtia
page
tsesarevna
Elizabeth
Mavra Shepeleva
Chamberlain
senator
count
division
St.Petersburg
Observation Corps
minister
artillery

canister
secret howitzer
licornes

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