Ekaterina Ivanovna Kozitskaya, née ''Myasnikova'' (1746 – 1833) was a Russian industrialist. She was the daughter and heir of the copper miner

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and married Grigory Kozitsky, one of the secretaries of

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. She inherited the copper mines in

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and elsewhere in the

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. She managed the mines herself with great success and has been called the richest woman in 18th-century Russia. Kozitskaya was allowed to attend the imperial court, although many courtiers suspected her of observing, in private, the rites of

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. Her husband died within four years after the marriage from 32 knife wounds inflicted by himself in a fit of depression. They had two daughters, Alexandra and Anna. The asteroid 3702 Trubetskaya is named after her.

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* Сухарева О. В. Кто был кто в России от Петра I до Павла I. — М.: АСТ, 2004. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kozitskaya, Ekaterina 1746 births 1833 deaths 18th-century businesswomen from the Russian Empire 19th-century businesswomen from the Russian Empire Burials at Lazarevskoe Cemetery (Saint Petersburg)