Ivan Ivanovich Betskoy or Betskoi was a Russian statesman and figure of the Russian Enlightenment. He was educational reformer who served as Catherine II's advisor on education and as president of the Imperial Academy of Arts for from 1764 to 1794. Perhaps the crowning achievement of his long career was the establishment of Russia's first unified system of public education.
- Occupation
- educator, politician, military personnel
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- February 14, 1704, 1704, February 14, 1703, February 3, 1704
- Died
- September 10, 1795, 1795, September 11, 1795, August 31, 1795
