Nikolay Vtorov

Nikolay Vtorov
A middle-aged, mustached caucasian man, wearing a business suit
Vtorov in 1917
Born
Nikolay Alexandrovich Vtorov

(1866-04-27)27 April 1866
Irkutsk, Irkutsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died20 May 1918(1918-05-20) (aged 52)
Resting placeSkorbyashensky Monastery
Moscow, Russia
55°47′21″N 37°35′32″E / 55.78917°N 37.59222°E / 55.78917; 37.59222
NationalityRussian
OccupationEntrepreneur
Parent(s)Alexander Fedorovich Vtorov
Claudia Yakovlevny Malkov

Nikolay Alexandrovich Vtorov (Russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Вто́ров; 27 April [O.S. 15 April] 1866 – 20 May 1918)[1] was an industrialist from the Russian Empire. According to a 2006 Forbes study, which excluded the ruling House of Romanov, he held the title of Russia's wealthiest man on the eve of World War I,[citation needed] owning an estimated 60 million rubles in gold.[2]

  1. ^ Murrell, Kathleen Berton (27 September 2001). Discovering the Moscow Countryside. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-86064-673-7.
  2. ^ "Старые русские". www.forbes.ru. Retrieved 8 February 2018.