Samuil Solmonowitsch Polyakow
Samuil Solmonowitsch Polyakov ( Russian Самуил Соломонович Поляков , called the railway king ; * December 24, 1837 . Jul / 5. January 1838 greg. In Dubroŭna , Russian empire ; † April 7 jul. / 19th April 1888 greg. In St. Petersburg ) was a Russian railway entrepreneur (he built about a quarter of the Russian railway lines at the time), philanthropist and real Russian State Councilor.
Polyakov was also a co-founder of the Jewish vocational training organization ORT , to which he bequeathed over 2 million rubles from his fortune.
He came from the simplest, poor circumstances, first learned the slaughter trade, was married young and poor - without a job - and initially performed the most difficult services for various suppliers and timber merchants, until he, like his younger brothers Jakow and Lasar , managed to become to work up a respected entrepreneur. His donations and foundations were initially intended for non-Jewish purposes until his behavior changed fundamentally after the outbreak of the persecution of the Jews in 1881 (donations for a Jewish-religious academy in Petersburg, for the construction of a large synagogue, etc.)
literature
- Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. Volume V, page 59.
- Mikhail Beizer and Michael Sherbourne: The Jews of St. Petersburg: Excursions Through a Noble Past. Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia 1989
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| SURNAME | Polyakow, Samuil Solmonowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Поляков, Самуил Соломонович (Russian spelling); Поляковъ, Самуилъ Соломоновичъ (original spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian railway entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dubrouna , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1888 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |