Russkie delovye liudi XVIII stoletiia - Demkin Andrei Vladimirovich

This book tells the story of people whose biographies best illustrate the turbulent Russian 18th century. Andrei Demkin's heroes are united by a penchant for entrepreneurship and the fact that almost all of them have come from the very bottom. Meshchanin Savva Yakovlev came to St. Petersburg "with a half in his pocket" and became one of the richest people in the country. The ancestor of the largest breeders Demidov Nikita Demidovich was a blacksmith. The famous diplomat Vice-Chancellor Petr Shafirov was born in the servantship. Alexey Kurbatov and Vasily Ershov, who were also servants by birth, served as governor." Police Secretary General Anton Devier came from a poor Jewish family, the prosecutor-general Pavel Yaguzhinsky was the son of an organist, and peter I's cabinet secretary Alexei Makarov was the son of a sub-president. The author addresses both famous and rarely mentioned in literature, gives little-known information about their life and activities.
Andrei Demkin is a leading researcher at the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a doctor of historical sciences.