List of 30 richest Russians at the beginning of the 20th century ( 1914 ) according to Forbes magazine .
The rating was created in the spring of 2005 based on archival documents. The rating is relative and rather shows the general picture of the beginning of the XX century [1] .
Rating
| Name | A source | Fortune, million gold rubles. 1913 | Fortune, million $ 2000 | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. A. Vtorov | trade, industry, banks | > 60 | > 660 | in 1914 |
| Nobels | mechanical engineering, oil | 60 | 660 | in 1914 |
| Polyakov ( S.S. Polyakov , L.S. Polyakov , Ya.S. Polyakov ) | railways, trade, banks, real estate | 49.5 | 544.5 | in 1914 |
| Prince S. S. Abamelek-Lazarev | mining, metallurgy | 45 | 500 | in 1914 |
| Morozovs | textile industry, trade | > 40 | 440 | in 1914 |
| Wogau | trade, industry, banks | 41 | 451 | in 1914 |
| B. A. Kamenka | cans | 40 | 440 | in 1914 |
| Polovtsov | banks, industry | thirty | 330 | at the beginning of the 20th century |
| Ryabushinsky | trade, industry, banks | 25–35 | 330 | in 1914 |
| Ginzburg | trade, banks, gold mining, sugar industry | > 25 | 275 | in 1914 |
| N. N. Konshin | trade, textile industry | 25 | 275 | at the beginning of the 20th century |
| Buttons | trade, textile industry | 15-20 | 187 | in 1913 |
| A.K. Alchevsky | trade, industry, banks | 12-30 | 187 | in 1900 |
| Koenigi | sugar and textile industry, agriculture | > 21 | 231 | in 1911 |
| G. G. Solodovnikov | trade, real estate, banks | 21 | 231 | in 1901 |
| Balashovs | land tenure, industry | > 15 | 165 | at the beginning of the 20th century |
| N. A. Tereshchenko | trade, sugar production, land tenure | > 15 | 165 | in 1902 |
| I.I. Vorontsov-Dashkov | agriculture, industry, oil | > 15 | 165 | at the beginning of the 20th century |
| Gukasovs | oil, banks, shipbuilding | 15 | 165 | in 1914 |
| Staheevs | trade, industry, gold mining | > 13 | 143 | in 1913 |
| Garelin | textile industry, finance | 10-15 | 132 | in 1915 |
| A. I. Mantashev | oil | > 10 | 110 | at the beginning of the 20th century |
| S. G. Lianozov | oil | > 10 | 110 | in 1915 |
| A. I. Putilov | banks, industry | > 10 | 110 | in 1915 |
| Brodsky | trade, banks, sugar industry | ten | 110 | at the beginning of the 20th century |
| Smirnov | textile industry | ten | 110 | in 1914 |
| Krasilshchikovs | textile industry | 8.8 | 96.8 | in 1913 |
| Smirnov | wine and vodka production, trade | 8.7 | 95.7 | at the beginning of the 20th century |
| K. I. Soldatenkov | trade | eight | 88 | in 1901 |
| Konovalovs [2] | textile industry | 7 | 77 | in 1912 |
| Prokhorovs | textile industry | 6 | 66 | in 1914 |
Notes
- ↑ Old Russians. Forbes 05/03/2005
- ↑ In 1914, A.I. Konovalov was also involved in insurance (since 1903) and banking (since 1912) activities: he headed the Russian Mutual Insurance Union (share of equity capital - 3 million rubles) and was a member of the Council and shareholder of Moscow a commercial bank (the share of equity capital is 25 million rubles) (see Russian Entrepreneurs at the Beginning of the 20th Century. - M., 2004). Of the same kind of factory owners Konovalov, Ivan Kaponovich Konovalov had an independent business - the Annenskaya Manufactory near Kineshma with a capital in 1914 of 2.3 million rubles. (see Merchant construction of the Ivanovo region, issue 2. - M., 2004).