Nikolay Vasilyevich Vereshchagin[b] (Russian: Николай Васильевич Верещагин, romanized: Nikolay Vasil'yevič Vereŝagin; 25 October [O.S. 13 October] 1839 – 26 March [O.S. 13 March] 1907) was a Russian entrepreneur who belonged to the organisers of the mass Russian cheese and butter industry;[1] a rural manager-practitioner known for his labours to improve the homegrown dairy farming industry, founder of the first Russian artel cheese factories.[2] A nobleman.
Nikolay Vereshchagin | |
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Николай Верещагин | |
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| Pronunciation | nʲikʌɭˈɑj vʲirʲiɕˈɑɡʲin |
| Born | October 25, 1839 |
| Died | March 26, 1907 (aged 67) |
| Education | Naval Cadet Corps (1856)[1] |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1866–1898[1] |
| Known for | being one of the organisers of mass cheese and butter production in Russia |
| Family | Vereshchagin |
Biography
editIn 1850 Nikolai entered the Naval Cadet Corps at his father's behest, and graduated from it. He became a midshipman, then a lieutenant, and received a medal for military operations during the Crimean War in the Gulf of Finland.[3]
In 1856 Nikolai Vereshchagin entered the Faculty of Natural Sciences at St. Petersburg University.[3]
In Switzerland, in the town of Kopne near Geneva, he gets a job as an apprentice in a cheese factory to learn how to make cheese.[3]
Nikolai Vasilyevich tried to set up the first cheese factory in the village of Gorodnya, but without success.[3]
In 1866-1868 Vereshchagin opened more than a dozen artel cheese factories in Tverskoy and Korchevskoy Uezds.[3]
Family
editBrothers:
- Vasily Vereshchagin (painter)[1]
- Alexander (received the rank of general)[3]
- Aleksey (revolutionary)[3]
- Sergey Vereshchagin (died volunteering for the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878)[3]
- Mikhail (was engaged in homestead farming)[3]
Notes
edit- ^ The area was flooded during the creation of Rybinsk Reservoir.[1]
- ^ In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilyevich and the family name is Vereshchagin.
References
editCitations
edit- Guterts, A. V. (2023). "ВЕРЕЩАГИН НИКОЛАЙ ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ". Great Russian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- Arsenyev, Konstantin; Petrushevsky, Fyodor (1894). "Верещагин" [Vereshchagin]. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). Vol. 11: Венцано – Винона. Friedrich A. Brockhaus (Leipzig), Ilya A. Efron (Saint Petersburg). pp. 28–29.
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