Andrei Shuvalov - Chamberlain to Catherine II the Great
Biography
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Chamberlain to Catherine II of Russia. According to some sources, he is the most likely the real author of Catherine II's letters to Voltaire.1
Life with James Boswell
Boswell met Shuvalov in Brunswick in 1764. On August 13 of that year, he described him, in his journal, as "a little, lively man [with] a knowledge of the names of books, if not more, and much easiness of manner. He and I were very well."
Notes
Note 1: http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Catherine_II
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