Nikolay Vereshchagin | |
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Николай Верещагин | |
Pronunciation | nʲikʌɭˈɑj vʲirʲiɕˈɑɡʲin |
Born | |
Died | March 26, 1907 | (aged 67)
Education | Naval Cadet Corps (1856)[1] |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1866–1898[1] |
Known for | being one of the organisers of mass cheese and butter production in Russia |
Family | Vereshchagin |
Nikolay Vasilyevich Vereshchagin[b] (Russian: Николай Васильевич Верещагин, romanized: Nikolay Vasil'yevič Vereŝagin; 25 October [O.S. 13 October] 1839 – 26 March [O.S. 13 March] 1907) was a Russian entrepreneur who belonged to the organisers of the mass Russian cheese and butter industry;[1] a rural manager-practitioner known for his labours to improve the homegrown dairy farming industry, founder of the first Russian artel cheese factories.[2] A nobleman; brother of painter Vasily Vereshchagin.[1]