Stroganov family

Stroganov (in Russian Строганов ) is the name of a Russian merchant family that became wealthy in the 16th century by the salt trade and did the Russian expansion into Siberia substantial feed. The Stroganov that already fell apart early in several branches of the family, were in the 16th and 17th centuries, the main representatives of the Russian economy. The activity of the Stroganov dates back to the 14th century. Spiridon, Kuzma, Luka and Fyodor, whose ancestors were farmers from the White Sea region: As progenitors of four traders apply. The family owned in Siberia millions of hectares of land, plus iron and gold mines.

History

The rise of the Stroganov family began in the 15th century. In particular, the gains from trade and the promotion of salt from the Urals it could be one of the richest and most influential families in tsarist Russia quickly. The favor of the Tsar, they secured themselves by featured as troops for the Livonian War and fitting out. The Tsar's turn this support secured by land gifts to the Stroganov family. Under Tsar Ivan IV the Stroganov exerted significant state offices and participated as special officers and authorized representatives in the policy and the commercial transactions of the Russian government. They were given in 1558 by the Russian Tsar Ivan IV the sole commercial law in Siberia and were entrusted with its colonial development. The Stroganov talked this own troops and fortresses in Siberia to protect their lands from incursions. On behalf of the Stroganov family of Cossack leader Yermak Timofejewitsch undertook to 1582 the conquest of the Khanate Sibir.

1722 the powerful family of Tsar Peter I was ousted, which did not prevent him to raise them in the Baron level.

The Stroganov were important patrons. In the workshops financed by them a cameo -like luxurious style icon has been maintained, the " Stroganov School". This art form is also called Stroganowstil.

The Stroganov emigrated after the October Revolution in France.

People

  • Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov, a Russian diplomat at the court of Vienna (18th century)
  • Grigory Alexandrovich Stroganov (1774-1857)
  • Elizaveta Alexandrovna Stroganova ( Elisabeth Stroganoff Demidoff; 1779-1818 )
  • Sergei Grigoryevich Stroganov († 1923 in Paris)
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