What does "Дополнять ветку оставляю Акшая" mean? :think:
Treasure of the Emir of Bukhara, I sent the list to my friend in Amsterdam, a jewellery historian, who is doing research on the royal treasures of...
Few queries - Did Khan of Khiva and Emir of Bukhara own souls? Did they lose their right to own souls when serfdom was abolished in rest of...
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich seems like the wealthiest of grand dukes!
Novo Mikhailovsky palace was the largest private residence in St Petersburg after the Winter palace. It is huge! A house originally belonged to...
These is one more category that you should add. You have already refered to the wealth of Leuchtenbergs and the Oldenbergs. What about the...
As per your research, which is the most expensive non-imperial (not built by Romanov family or paid by the Tsar) Mansion/Palace/Manor house ever...
In terms of fictional characters, I would be intrigued to know how much approximate wealth would following characters have: Andrei Volkonsky, The...
Did women get equal share or 1/14th share in the estate as per Russian law?
quick additions - brothers Balashov with 27.36 million rubles, brothers Count Orlov-Davydov with 21 million rubles Count Bobrinsky with 20+...
Were there any 'real estate' millionaires in Russia, who made their fortune through construction and urban land? Building apartments and renting...
I haven't understood this - Урал не выдерживал конкуренции с Донбассом
I read somewhere that Wogau & co lost a lot of money on their Ural mining and metal projects. It is surprising that after 1870s, practically every...
On Baron Gunzburg, this is Nicholas de Gunzberg , half Russian - half Brazilian son of Baron Gabriel Jacob de Gunzburg (1853-1929) , grand nephew...
Your posts about the wealthy Moscow businessmen got me thinking. In earlier centuries, you come across several instances of wealthy merchants and...
This is the most unfortunate part of the saga. I hope people in Russia still remember this man.
where did the Nobel brothers live? In SPB or Sweden? Did they become Russian citizens?
There is something which I am not quiet able to understand. If we look at great estates in 1900-1917 period, we see great estates the size of 20...
Yes, looks like something out of Walt Disney production. Quiet surreal.
Also, do post about the wealth of the Emir of Bukhara and other non-christian aristocrats like oil merchants of Azerbaijan.
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