Boris Abramovich Kamenka (9 January 1855,

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- 2 April 1942) was a Russian

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and

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in the

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. He was one of the richest people in

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before the

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. He joined the board of the Azov-Don Commercial Bank in 1894. In 1903 when the bank moved from

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, he became the

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. Then in 1910 he became the chairman of the bank. In this position he was able to join the boards of a number of

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which the Azov-Don Bank financed: the Rossiya Insurance Company, the Russian Society for Export Trade, the Tokmakov Railway company, the Taganrog Metallurgical Company. He was a member of the councils of the Bank of Paris for the Nordic Countries (since 1912) and of the Congresses of Representatives of Industry and Commerce. He was a member of the economic board of the St. Petersburg synagogue and the board of the

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. Financial adviser to the Provisional Government. He took an active part in the life of the Jewish population of the empire – he was the chairman of the Jewish community in Rostov-on-Don, a member of the economic administration of the community in St. Petersburg, and was engaged in charitable activities to improve the lives of Jews. He played a prominent role in the public sphere through his nephew, a member of the board of the Azov-Don Bank, A. I. Kaminka, who was a member of the Central Committee of the Cadet Party, and supported the activities of the

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and its organ, the newspaper

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. He was a member of the Rostov City Duma, a foreman of the Exchange Committee, chairman of the Jewish community, and director of the Rostov branch of the Imperial Musical Society.

Family

He had five children:

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, Mikhail, George, Ippolita and Daria.

References

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