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[[File:Pyotr Shilovsky.png|160px|thumb|right|Pyotr Schilovsky]]
'''Pyotr Petrovich Schilovsky''' ({{lang-ru|Пётр Петрович Шиловский}}) (September 22, 1872 – June 30, 1955 in [[Herefordshire]]) was a Russian count, jurist, statesman, and governor of [[Kostroma]] in 1910-1912 and of [[Olonets Governorate]] in 1912-19131912–1913. He is best known as the inventor of the [[gyrocar]], which was built under his direction by the [[Wolseley Motors|Wolseley Tool and Motorcar Company]] beginning in 1912, and was demonstrated for the first time in [[London]] in April 1914. In 1922 Schilovsky emigrated to the [[United Kingdom]].
[[File:The Russian two-wheel car in London. 1914.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Schilovsky's [[gyrocar]] in 1914, [[London]]]]