Alexei Petrovich Strolman
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Alexei Petrovich Strolman (1811–1898, aged 86-87), Строльман (Алексей Петрович), was a Russian mining engineer, historian and author. He is known for his work with the commission for the
emancipation of the serfs Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery, which developed ...
, and for his history of mining in Russia published as a series of articles in the ''Mining Journal (Russia)'' . Strolman received his education from the mining cadet school in
St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, and began publishing on mining and geological topics as early as 1835. He was a compatriot of
Nikolay Milyutin Nikolay Alexeyevich Milyutin (russian: Никола́й Алексе́евич Милю́тин; 6 June 1818 – 26 January 1872) was a Russian statesman remembered as the chief architect of the great liberal reforms undertaken during Alexande ...
. In 1859, he was part the Editing Commission which worked out the text of the Emancipation Manifesto of 3 March 1861 (NS), and then he worked for four years on its implementation. From 1870 to 1880, Strolman was the scientist member on the Imperial Mining and Mining Board Committee. He devoted the final years of his life to writing, producing a series of articles on mining for the ''Mining Journal (Russia)'' (''Горном Журнале'', ''Gornyi Zhurnal ''). Some of Strolman's articles were translated into French and German''Archiv für wissenschaftliche Kunde von Russland'' by Adolph Erman
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in Russian (Mir Dictionary and Encyclopedia: Strolman, Alexei Petrovich) {{DEFAULTSORT:Strolman, Alexei Petrovich Mining engineers 1811 births 1898 deaths Engineers from the Russian Empire