Ivan Perfilievich Yelagin was a Russian historian, amateur poet, and translator who acted as unofficial secretary to Catherine the Great in the early years of her reign.
- Occupation
- linguist, poet, historian, politician
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- November 30, 1725, December 11, 1725
- Died
- September 22, 1794, October 3, 1793
