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Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya (Russian: Ве́ра Фё́доровна Комиссарже́вская; 8 November 1864 – 23 February 1910) was one of the most celebrated actresses and theatre managers of the late Russian Empire ...
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Olga Bulbenkova (1835-1918) was a Russian fashion designer. She founded the first Russian fashion house. She compeeted with Charles Frederick Worth for the clients in the Russian aristocracy, and was a ...
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Natalia Alekseevna Shelikhova (Russian: Ната́лья Алексе́евна Ше́лихова; 1762-1810), was a Russian businessperson and the spouse of Grigory Shelikhov, founder of Russian Alaska. She was one of the founders ...
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Varvara Alekseevna Morozova (1848-1917) was a Russian industrialist. She was the daughter of Aleksey Khludov and married to Abram Abramovich Morozov and Vasily Mikhailovich Sobolevsky. She was the acting ...
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Anna Mikhailovna Kaptsova (1860-1927), was a Russian industrialist. She was the daughter of Mikhail Vasilyevich Zalogin and married to Alexander Sergeevich Kaptsov. She was the president of the Kaptsov ...
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Ekaterina Ivanovna Kozitskaya, née Myasnikova (1746 – 1833) was a Russian industrialist. She was the daughter and heir of the copper miner Ivan Semyonovich Myasnikov and married Grigory Kozitsky, one of ...
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Amalia Georgievna von Mengden (Russian: Амалия Георгиевна фон Менгден; 1799-1864), was a Russian entrepreneur. She was one of the first female textile industrialists in Russia. She was married to General ...
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Maria Fyodorovna Morozova (Russian: Мария Фёдоровна Морозова; 1830–1911) was a Russian entrepreneur. She was the daughter of merchant Fyodor Simonov, married to merchant Timothy Morozov and mother of ...
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Agafokleya A. Poltoratskaya (1737-1822), was a Russian entrepreneur and major landowner. She and her spouse Marc Poltoratsky were the founders of the noble family of Poltoratsky. She was a major business ...
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Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck (Russian: Надежда Филаретовна фон Мекк; 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1831 – 13 January 1894) was a Russian business woman who became an influential patron of ...
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Anna Vasilievna Maraeva (1845-1928), was a Russian industrialist. She was the daughter of Vasily and Makrina Volkovy and married to Methodius (Nefed) Vasilyevich Maraev (1830-1882). She was a prominent ...