Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1686)
Count Andrey Ivanovich Osterman (Heinrich Johann Friedrich Ostermann; Russian: Андрей Иванович Остерман) (9 June 1686 – 31 May 1747) was a German-born Russian statesman who came to prominence under Tsar Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great, r. 1682–1725) and served until the accession of the Tsesarevna Elizabeth in 1741. He based his foreign policy on the Austrian alliance. General Admiral (1740; dismissed 1741).