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Olexander Paul
Олександр Миколайович Поль
Born(1832-08-20)20 August 1832
Died26 July 1890(1890-07-26) (aged 57)
NationalityGerman Ukrainian
CitizenshipRussian Empire
Alma materUniversity of Tartu
Known forDiscovery of Kryvbas mining region
AwardsOrder of Saint Stanislaus (Imperial House of Romanov)
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeologist, geologist, ethnographer and businessman

Alexander Pol[1] (Ukrainian: Олександр Миколайович Поль; 20 August 1832 – 26 July 1890) was a Ukrainian archaeologist, geologist, ethnographer and businessman who became known after discovering Kryvbas, a major iron ore region of Eastern Europe.

He studied the Kryvyi Rih iron ore for 15 years and proved its industrial importance, personally contributed to the fact that in 1881 began industrial development,[2] which enabled the rapid economic development of the town of Kryvyi Rih and, more broadly, of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate of Russia.

References

  1. ^ Alan Milward,S. B. Saul. The Development of the Economies of Continental Europe 1850-1914.
  2. ^ Pakhomenkov, Yu. "Александр Николаевич Поль (1832 – 1890) - "степной Колумб"". History of Yekaterinoslav (in Ukrainian).

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