Alexander Pol

Alexander Pol
Aлександр Поль
Born(1832-08-20)20 August 1832
Died26 July 1890(1890-07-26) (aged 57)
CitizenshipRussian Empire
Alma materUniversity of Tartu
Known forDiscovery of Kryvbas mining region
AwardsOrder of Saint Stanislaus
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeologist, geologist, ethnographer and businessman

Alexander Nikolayevich Pol[1] (‹See Tfd›Russian: Александр Николаевич Поль; 20 August 1832 – 26 July 1890) was a Russian archaeologist, geologist, ethnographer and businessman of Baltic German descent. He is most well-known for discovering Kryvbas, a major iron ore region of Eastern Europe.