Pyotr Lvovich Bark
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Pyotr Bark , English and Sir Peter Bark ( Russian Пётр Львович Барк ; born April 6 . Jul / 18th April 1869 greg. In yekaterinoslav governorate ; † 16th January 1937 ) was a Russian politician and Russian Finance Minister from 1914 to 1917.
Bark went to school in St. Petersburg and then studied law at the local university . In 1891 he got a post in the Ministry of Finance. In 1903 he trained as a banker at the Mendelssohn & Co. bank in Berlin . Then he worked again in the state bank. Then he had a post in the Volga-Kama Bank . In 1911 he returned to the civil service and was appointed Minister of Finance in 1914.
After fleeing to Great Britain as a result of the Russian Revolution in 1917, he was General Director of the Anglo-International Bank in London . Bark also acted as financial advisor to Marija Fjodorovna (Tsarina of the Russian Empire from 1881 to 1894) in exile in Great Britain. In 1935 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor ("Sir").
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Pjotr Lwowitsch Bark. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Pyotr Bark in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- The Slavonic and East European Review , 1937, p.189 (English)
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Kokovtsov | Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire 1914 to 1917 |
Mikhail Tereshchenko ( Provisional Government ) |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bark, Pyotr Lvovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bark, Sir Peter; Барк, Пётр Львович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian lawyer and politician as well as Russian finance minister (1914–1917) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ekaterinoslav Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1937 |