Nikolay Vereshchagin

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Nikolay Vereshchagin
Николай Верещагин
Pronunciationnʲikʌɭˈɑj vʲirʲiɕˈɑɡʲin
Born(1839-10-25)October 25, 1839
DiedMarch 26, 1907(1907-03-26) (aged 67)
Pertovka estate,[a] Cherepovetsky Uyezd, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire[1]
EducationNaval Cadet Corps (1856)[1]
Occupations
Years active1866–1898[1]
Known forbeing one of the organisers of mass cheese and butter production in Russia
FamilyVereshchagin

Nikolay Vasilyevich Vereshchagin[b] (Russian: Николай Васильевич Верещагин, romanizedNikolay Vasil'yevič Vereŝagin; 25 October [O.S. 13 October] 1839 – 26 March [O.S. 13 March] 1907) was a Russian entrepreneur who belonged to the organisers of the mass Russian cheese and butter industry;[1] a rural manager-practitioner known for his labours to improve the homegrown dairy farming industry, founder of the first Russian artel cheese factories.[2] A nobleman; brother of painter Vasily Vereshchagin.[1]

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  1. ^ The area was flooded during the creation of Rybinsk Reservoir.[1]
  2. ^ In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilyevich and the family name is Vereshchagin.

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  • Guterts, A. V. (2023). "ВЕРЕЩАГИН НИКОЛАЙ ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ". Great Russian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  • Arsenyev, Konstantin; Petrushevsky, Fyodor (1894). "Верещагин" [Vereshchagin]. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). Vol. 11: Венцано – Винона. Friedrich A. Brockhaus (Leipzig), Ilya A. Efron (Saint Petersburg). pp. 28–29.