Sergei Mal'tsov

Sergei Mal'tsov in the 1870s

General Sergei Ivanovich Mal'tsov (Russian: Сергей Иванович Мальцов; 1810–1893) was a Russian industrialist of the nineteenth century.[1]

Biography

Sergey received both a home education and studied at school. He has learned three foreign languages. He served in Chevalier Guard Regiment, but resigned in 1833 for health reasons. A year and a half later, he re-enlists in the army and finally retires at the age of 39 with the rank of Major General.[2]

His father, Ivan Akimovich Mal’tsov expanded the family business, previously based on glass and linen production by developing the metallurgy industry in Lyudinovo, Kaluga Oblast. In 1853 his father died.[2] From this basis Sergei developed the Mal’tsov industrial region an area which covered about 215,000 hectares mostly along the Bolva River. He turned the industrial region into a major centre of machine building. It was here that the first rails, locomotives, steamships, and screw propellers were made in Russia. By 1875, Mal’tsov was able to found a corporation which included over 30 enterprises with a combined capital of 6 million rubles. These works were nationalised in 1885.[3]

References

1. Агеев, С. Е. (2017). "Заводчик С. И. Мальцов – один из пионеров русской промышленностивторой половины XIX века" (PDF). libartrus. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
2. Егор (2018-04-27). "Сергей Мальцов: генерал и филантроп, создатель Америки". Милосердие.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-10-07.
3. Maltsov Family. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1979. Retrieved 12 February 2018.