# General Shuvalov — Memoirs of a Revolutionist character guide

> General Shuvalov in Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Peter Kropotkin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** General Shuvalov, Shuvalov

**First appearance:** 0033-i

## Who they are

Chief of the Third Section (secret police).

## In the story

### [St. Petersburg in the 1870s: The Reign of Reaction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/iv)

Chief of the state police and real ruler of Russia, who manipulates Alexander II by invoking the specter of revolution and organizes bear hunts to obtain signatures on repressive measures.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/v)

Exploited the Karakozov affair to suppress dissent.

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