Sergey Uvarov
Count Sergey Uvarov | |
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Сергей Уваров | |
Uvarov's portrait by Jan Ksawery Kaniewski, 1844 | |
| Born | August 25, 1786 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | October 4, 1855 (aged 69) Moscow, Russian Empire |
| President of the Russian Academy of Sciences | |
| In office 1818–posthumously | |
| Monarchs | Alexander Nicholas Alexander II |
| Preceded by | post vacant |
| Succeeded by | Dmitry Bludov |
| Minister of National Education | |
| In office 1833–1849 | |
| Monarch | Nicholas |
| Preceded by | Karl Lieven |
| Succeeded by | Platon Shirinsky-Shikhmatov |
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Count Sergey Semionovich Uvarov (Russian: Серге́й Семёнович Ува́ров; 5 September [O.S. 25 August] 1786 – 16 September [O.S. 4 September] 1855) was a Russian classical scholar and politician who is best remembered as an influential statesman under Nicholas I of Russia.