Back سامويل پولياكوڤ ARZ Самуіл Саламонавіч Палякоў Byelorussian Samuil Solmonowitsch Poljakow German שמואל פוליאקוב HE Поляков, Самуил Соломонович Russian Поляков Самуїл Соломонович Ukrainian
Samuel Polyakov | |
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| Born | Shmuel Polyakov December 24, 1837 |
| Died | April 7, 1888 (aged 50) |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire |
| Years active | 1863–1888 |
| Known for | Railroad financier and contractor |
| Relatives | Lazar Polyakov, Yakov Polyakov |
Samuel (Shmuel) Polyakov (also Poliakoff, Poliakov, Russian: Самуил Соломонович Поляков) was a Russian businessman, informally known as the "most famous railroad king"[1] of the Russian Empire, the senior member of the Polyakov business family, a philanthropist and a Jewish civil rights activist, co-founder of World ORT. Polyakov's business interests concentrated in southern Russia and Ukraine. By the time of his sudden death at the age of 50 he was credited with the construction of one quarter of Russia's railroads,[2] his personal net worth was estimated at 31.4 million roubles.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
W58was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Pashkeyev, Sergey (2005). "Samuil Polyakov" (in Russian). business.ua.
- ^ Anan'ich 1991, chapter 4: total of 31, 425, 546 roubles identified during estate proceedings included 30, 895, 333 roubles in shares, 532, 050 roubles in real estate and only 894 roubles in cash.