Ivan Yelagin
Ivan Perfilievich Yelagin (Russian: Иван Перфильевич Елагин; 1725–94) was a Russian Imperial historian, an amateur poet and translator who acted as unofficial secretary to Catherine the Great in the early years of her reign.
Yelagin studied in the cadet corps for nobles with
After Catherine's coming to power in 1762, Yelagin replaced Sumarokov as director of the court theatres. His dominion over the Russian theatre was described as tyrannical: for instance, Yelagin demanded that comedies and other foreign plays were transposed to Russian settings.[1] He also helped Catherine in re-editing her manuscripts: all her literary works survive only in Yelagin's handwritten copies.[1]
"There were few social activities in which he did not involve himself", as historians have noted.
Yelagin's sumptuous villa on the eponymous isle to the north of St. Petersburg was later rebuilt into an imperial residence (see Yelagin Palace).
See also
- Grigory Teplov – a similar figure
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7546-5628-9. Page 23.
- ISBN 978-0-7546-3466-9. Page 49.
- ISBN 978-0-582-32256-1. Page 164.
- ISBN 978-0-14-043915-1. Page 406.
- ISBN 978-1-4020-3486-2. Page 16.
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