Ivan Yelagin

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Ivan Perfilievich Yelagin (Russian: Иван Перфильевич Елагин; 1725–1794) was a Russian historian, amateur poet, and translator who acted as unofficial secretary to Catherine the Great in the early years of her reign.

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