Yakov Rostovtsev

Yakov Rostovtsev; portrait by
Sergey Zaryanko

Iakov Ivanovich Rostovtsev (9 January 1804 [O.S. 28 December 1803] – 18 February [O.S. 6 February] 1860) was a leading figure in the formulation of statutes which effectively emancipated the Russian serfs.