Imperial Free Economic Society of Saint Petersburg

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The Imperial Free Economic Society of Saint Petersburg (KFÖG) was a voluntary association of citizens and scientists in Saint Petersburg . It existed from 1765 to 1919.

Foundation and purpose

Against the background of the Enlightenment , Russian aristocrats , domestic and foreign scholars , citizens with means of production , merchants and farmers founded the KFÖG on December 31, 1765. Catherine II (Russia) provided 6000 rubles for the purchase of a house in St. Petersburg and the Library ready.

Among the founders were Count RL Voronzow, the princes Grigory Grigoryevich Orlow , IG Tschernyshev, AW Olsufjew, the barons AI Cherkassov, G. von Pohlmann and Grigory Nikolayevich Teplow , the academy members II Taubert, Timotheus von Klingstedt , AA Nartov, the pharmacist Model, Johann Gottlob Lehmann , Johan Peter Falck and Heinrich Jakob Eckleben . Most of the founding members were Germans and Russians of German origin.

Their work aimed at aligning the Russian economy and especially agriculture with European standards. She also dealt with health , education and other issues related to human life. In 1867 the “legendary society” dealt with plans for the White Sea-Baltic Canal .

The KFÖG published literature and its own communications, organized competitions and exhibitions, and collected statistical data. She was committed to agricultural education and the dissemination of new plant varieties and practices. She kept lively connections to other scientific and social organizations. Most recently, it consisted of the three departments of Agriculture, Artisanal and Factory Processing of Agricultural Products, and Agricultural Statistics and Political Economy. She campaigned in vain for the abolition of serfdom.

Members

See also

Web links

Wikisource: Free Economic Society in St. Petersburg  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e A. A. Nikonov, E. Schulze: Three Centuries of Agricultural Science in Russia - From 1700 to the Present (IAMO 2004) ( Memento from April 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.5 MB)
  2. ↑ Ulrich Jost (2004)
  3. ↑ Eastern Europe Institute, FU Berlin (PDF; 2.2 MB)
  4. ↑ Friedrich Matthäi: The German Settlements in Russia (PDF; 218 kB)