Kankrin E.F. (1774-1845), statesman

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KANKRIN Egor Frantsevich (Georg Ludwig Daniel) (1774-1845, Pavlovsk of the St. Petersburg Province), Count (1829), statesman and scientist, Infantry General (1828), Honorary Fellow of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1828). Came from Hessen, and worked in Russia from 1797. Graduated from Magdeburg University in 1794. From 1800, he held posts at the Staraya Russa salt factories and, from 1803, at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1809, he was appointed controller of St. Petersburg's foreign settlements; in 1811, he assumed the post of aide to the Quartermaster General in the War Department. During the Patriotic War of 1812, he was Commissary General of the First Western Army; in 1813-14, he was Commissary General of Joint Allied Troops. From 1821, he was a member of the State Assembly. In 1823-44, he became Minister of Finance, initiating currency reform (1841-43), guild reform (1824) and a number of other economic and financial reforms. Wrote his memoirs in German. Kankrin was buried at the Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery.

References: Сементковский Р. И. Е. Ф. Канкрин: Его жизнь и гос. деятельность. СПб., 1893; Божерянов И. Н. Граф Егор Францевич Канкрин, его жизнь, литературные труды и двадцатилетняя деятельность управления Министерством финансов. СПб., 1897; Шепелев Л. Е. Е. Ф. Канкрин и торгово-промышленная политика финансового ведомства (1823-1844 гг.) // Английская набережная, 4. СПб., 2001. С. 145-226.

D. N. Shilov. Kankrin Egor Frantsevich (Georg Ludwig Daniel)
Очерки политической экономии и финансии: В 3 ч. СПб., 1894
Сементковский Р. И. Е. Ф. Канкрин. Его жизнь и гос. деятельность. СПб., 1893
Божерянов И. Н. Граф Егор Францевич Канкрин, его жизнь, литературные труды и двадцатилетняя деятельность управления Министерством финансов. СПб., 1897
Шепелев Л. Е. Е. Ф. Канкрин и торгово-промышленная политика финансового ведомства (1823-1844 гг.) // Английская набережная, 4. СПб., 2001 Russian Academy of Sciences
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