Oleksiy Alchevsky
Aleksey Kirillovich Alchevsky (russian: Алексей Кириллович Алчевский, Ukrainian: Олексій Кирилович Алчевський, romanized: ''Oleksii Kyrylovych Alchevskyi''; 1835, Sumy, Russian Empire – 1901, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Ukrainian-born entrepreneur during Russian empire, philanthropist, and industrialist. He was a pioneer in establishing the first finance group in Russia and creator of several banks and industrial societies in Sloboda Ukraine. His role in the development of Russian industry was so important that in 1903 the city Alchevsk in Donbass (eastern Ukraine) was named in his honor. Biography Born in Sumy, Kharkov Governorate (Sloboda Ukraine) in a family of small grocery merchant held of Sloboda Ukraine cossacks, Alchevsky graduated the Sumy County School and in 1862 moved to Kharkiv. During his young age, he was interested in left populist ideas, poetry of Taras Shevchenko and belonged to Hromada movement. Whi ...
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