page_title: Shuvalov
section_title: Residences
hierarchical_section_title: Shuvalov / Residences
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Portrait de la Comtesse Elizabeth Vorontsova-Dashkova par Alexandre Cabanel
context_page_description: Shuvalov is the name of a Russian noble family which, although documented since the 16th century, rose to distinction during the reign of Empress Elizabeth and was elevated to the rank of counts on 5 September 1746.
context_section_description: The Shuvalov family's residences included three palaces in Saint Petersburg and a manor nearby:
  the Baroque palace of Ivan Shuvalov on Italianskaya Street, constructed in 1749-55 to a design by Savva Chevakinsky, later sold to the Ministry of Justice, best known as the place where the Imperial Academy of Arts started to operate;
  the Neoclassical palace of Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov (the Moika Palace), later sold to the House of Yusupov, who decorated it with shameless opulence, best known as the place where Rasputin was killed (, , , );
  the Shuvalov Palace, a Neoclassical palace located on the Fontanka embankment, inherited by Pavel Petrovich Shuvalov from the Naryshkin family in 1900, which is now the location of the Fabergé Museum (illustrated, to the right);
  the manor of Pargolovo near St. Petersburg.
  They also inherited the possessions and castles of the ducal Biron family in Courland, such as the Rundale Palace.
caption: Countess Elizabeth Andreevna Shuvalova
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