Catherine Shuvalova

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Countess Catherine Shuvalova, (born Catherine Saltykova on 23 June 1743 – died on 13 October 1817, Rome),[1] was a Russian courtier, Empress Catherine II's Lady-in-waiting of the Imperial Court of Russia, confidant of Platon Zubov and Ober-Hofmeisterin of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden).[2]

  1. ^ Cross, Anthony Glenn (1980). "By the Banks of the Thames": Russians in Eighteenth Century Britain. Oriental Research Partners. ISBN 978-0-89250-085-7.
  2. ^ Kelly, Catriona (2001-08-09). Refining Russia: Advice Literature, Polite Culture, and Gender from Catherine to Yeltsin. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-154168-1.