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Savings Banks (entry)

SAVINGS BANKS, credit institutions attracting savings and idle funds from the public as their major function. It was on the initiative of Count M. Y. Vielgorsky and I. D. Chertkov that the articles of the first savings bank were worked out

Sestroretsk Instrumentation Plant

Sestroretsk Instrumentation Plant ( Sestroretsk, 2 Voskova Street) is an open joint-stock company, a tooling and machining enterprise and large producer of metal-cutting instruments

Severny Textil, enterprise

SEVERNY TEXTIL (18 Bogatyrsky Avenue; 34 Kozhevennaya Line), a linen-making and cloth-selling enterprise. Founded in 1823 as Y. Lutsch Factory, it belonged to I. A. Voronin, Lutsch, and Chesher Joint-Stock Company from 1899

Shaykevich E. G. (c. 1857-1928) entrepreneur

SHAYKEVICH Efim Grigoryevich (c. 1857-1928), entrepreneur and Court Counsellor. Graduating from St. Petersburg University with a major in law, he served in the Senate. He was a member of the board of St

Ship-building Industry (general article)

SHIP-BUILDING INDUSTRY. From the beginning of the 18th century, St. Petersburg was a centre of Russian ship-building industry. On November 5, 1704, the first shipyard was founded here (see Admiralty Shipyard), by 1710 it employed some 4

Siberian Merchant Bank

SIBERIAN MERCHANT BANK, a joint-stock commercial bank, founded in Ekaterinburg in 1872 and in St. Petersburg in 1902. The volume of transactions was high enough for the bank to rank 7th in the country before the war

Skorokhod Factory

SKOROKHOD (33 Zastavskaya Street) is an open joint-stock company, one of the biggest factories of footwear industry. It was founded in 1882 as the factory of the Association Of Mechanical Footwear Production (before 1896 the factory was located at

Society of Plant and Factory Owners of St. Petersburg

SOCIETY OF PLANT AND FACTORY OWNERS of St. Petersburg (26 former Troitskaya Street, present Rubinsteina Street), a representative organisation of metropolitan bourgeoisie

St. Petersburg Discount and Loan Bank

ST. PETERSBURG DISCOUNT AND LOAN BANK, a joint-stock commercial bank. Opened in 1869, it provided credit to traders and rail carriers, granted loans against securities

St. Petersburg International Commercial Bank

ST. PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK, a joint-stock commercial bank, opened in 1869. The volume of transactions was high enough for the bank to rank 2nd among Russian joint-stock banks by 1914

St. Petersburg Mint

ST. PETERSBURG MINT, a state enterprise located at 6 Peter and Paul Fortress, was part of the Goznak Company Group of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation

St. Petersburg Private Commercial Bank

ST. PETERSBURG PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BANK, the first joint-stock bank in Russia founded in 1864 for financing trade deals on the Exchange of St. Petersburg. Its major activities included transactions with securities such as selling public bonds and

State Bank

STATE BANK established in 1860 for the resuscitation of business and the consolidation of monetary and credit systems. The bank was located at 21 Sadovaya Street; it took deposits, set up accounts, provided short-term credit and loans

State Peasant Land Bank

STATE PEASANT LAND BANK was established in 1882 with the purpose of helping low income peasants to buy their land from landowners. It was located at 14 Admiralteiskaya Embankment

Steel-Rolling Plant

STEEL-ROLLING PLANT (8 Twenty Fifth Line of Vasilievsky Island) is an open joint-stock company, a diversified enterprise with a full metallurgical production cycle. It originates from the bronze casting enterprise of F. Chopin (registered in 1857)

Stieglitz Family, bankers

STIEGLITZ FAMILY, bankers and entrepreneurs. The first representatives of the family came to Russia from Arolsen, the princedom of Waldeck, Germany, in the late 18th century. Nikolay Stieglitz (1770-1820) opened a trading house in St. Petersburg

Tenishev V. N. (1843-1903), entrepreneur

TENISHEV Vyacheslav Nikolaevich (1843-1903), prince, entrepreneur, patron of arts, and chamberlain (1900). Married to M. K. Tenisheva. He graduated from Polytechnical School in Karlsruhe in 1864

Timiryazev V.I. (1849-1919), entrepreneur, statesman

TIMIRYAZEV Vladimir Ivanovich (1849-1919), statesman and entrepreneur, Full Privy Counsellor (1909), Chief Staff Master (1909). Graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics at Petersburg University in 1873

Uteman F. F., entrepreneur

UTEMAN Franz Frantsevich (1868-1925), entrepreneur, Actual Civil Counsellor. He was a son of a German who opened an agency business in St. Petersburg in 1867. After graduating from St

Utin Y. I. (1839-1916), entrepreneur

UTIN Yakov Isaakovich (1839-1916), entrepreneur, Privy Counsellor. Graduating from St. Petersburg University with a major in law in 1860, he served in the Department of Justice and was promoted to serve as the Director of the Department

Vagonmash

VAGONMASH (115 Moskovsky Avenue), closed joint-stock company, a large car production facility. It was founded by F.K. Reschtke, native of Saxony (Rechkin in Russian version), as a metalworking plant in 1874

Vargunin Family, entrepreneurs

VARGUNIN FAMILY, entrepreneurs, former peasants of Yaroslavl Region. Ivan Grigorievich Vargunin (?-1826) was a stationery seller in St. Petersburg. His son Alexander Ivanovich (1807-1877) built Nevskaya Stationery Factory together with J

Vereteno Spinning Factory

VERETENO (223-225 Obvodny Canal Embankment), open joint-stock company, one of the oldest enterprises of spinning production. It was founded as Kalininskaya (later Russian) cotton-spinning manufactory in 1835

Volzhsko-Kamsky Commercial Bank

VOLZHSKO-KAMSKY BANK, a joint-stock commercial bank founded by a group of manufacturers and merchants with V. A. Kokorev at the head who served as a chairman of the board from 1878. A. F

Vyshnegradsky A.I. (1867-1925), industrialist

VYSHNEGRADSKY Alexander Ivanovich (1867 St. Petersburg - 1925), businessman, Chamberlain (1905), Actual Civil Councillor (1915). Son of I.A. Vyshnegradsky. After graduating from the Faculty of Law of Petersburg University (1889)

Vyshnegradsky I.A., (1831-1895), scientist technologist, businessman, statesman

VYSHNEGRADSKY Ivan Alexeevich (1831-95, St. Petersburg), statesman, scientist, businessman, Actual Privy Counsillor (1890), Honorary Member of Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1888)

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