Ivan Liprandi

9 May] 1880) was a Russian secret service officer, major general, and memoirist of Spanish and Italian descent.

In the early 1820s, Liprandi served in Odessa under Prince Vorontsov, helping infiltrate the Danubian Principalities with Russian spies.

The writer depicted him as Silvio in The Shot, an 1830 short story inspired by an anecdote told by Liprandi.

On behalf of Minister of Interior Lev Perovski, he observed the circle for a year and on 20 April 1849 gave the names of four people more or less involved in it, all of whom were arrested.

The Commission of Inquiry invited Liprandi to express his opinion about the case, provided they noted that, in his own words, he had contributed to the guilty verdict against the four.