Grigory Dmitriyevich Stroganov () (25 January 1656 – 21 November 1715) was a Russian landowner and

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, the most notable member of the prominent

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family in the late 17th century-early 18th century, a strong supporter of the reforms and initiatives of

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. The surname is also transcribed as Stroganoff.

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is named after this family.

Early life

Grigory Stroganov was the only son of Dmitri Andreyevich Stroganov. His name first appears in the public record in 1672, when he visited Moscow with gifts for

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on the occasion of the birth of Tsarevich Peter.

Career

Stroganov's father died in 1673, following which the Tsar issued a ''gramota'' confirming Grigory's inheritance of one third of the Stroganov family fortune. When the heirs of Yakov Stroganov, the senior branch of the family, died off in 1681, Grigory inherited another one third of the Stroganov lands. The last third, owned by the wife of Fyodor Petrovich Stroganov, passed to him on 18 January 1686. According to the accounting of Fyodor Volegov (d. 1856), this consolidation increased Grigory Stroganov's personal holdings dramatically, to more than ten million desiatinas of land (103,000 square kilometers) with more than 200 villages and 15,000 adult male

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s. This figure does not include his estates in Moscow (e.g. Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki),

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and

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. Grigory Stroganov was the largest Russian landowner after the tsar. Beginning in 1682 he regularly assisted the government in its financial difficulties. He was frequently invited to the court of tsar Alexey Romanov, including invitations to his private dinners. In 1700 Stroganov funded the construction of four military ships built in

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and

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to Peter the Great for the nascent

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. For his services Grigory Stroganov received numerous awards, honorary distinctions and additional lands.See: Купцов И.В
Род Строгановых.
— Челябинск: Изд-во «Каменный пояс», 2005. 63. A major factor in Stroganov's power was his

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enterprise, whose efficiency greatly improved under his management. However, he lost this advantage in 1705, when the state established a salt monopoly.

Personal life

Stroganov was twice married. His first marriage was in 1673 to Princess Vassa Meshcherskaya (1654–1693), daughter of the Turin governor Ivan Ivanovich Meshchersky. After her death, he married Princess Marya Yakovlevna Stroganova Novosiltseva, sister of the Solikamsk governor Vasily Yakovlevich Novosiltsev, in May 1694. Three children from his second marriage survived to adulthood: * Alexandr Grigoryevich Stroganov (1698–1754), who married three times: Tatyana Vasilievna Sheremeteva, daughter of Major General Vasily Petrovich Sheremetev, in 1723, Elena Vasilievna Dmitrieva-Mamónova, daughter of Rear Admiral Vasily Dmítriev-Mamónov, in 1734, and Maria Artemyevna Zagryazhskaya (Islenyeva), daughter of General-in-Chief Artemy Grigoryevich Zagryazhsky, in 1746. * Nikolai Grigoryevich Stroganov (1700–1758), who Praskovya Ivanovna Buturlina in 1726. *

Sergei Grigoryevich Stroganov Count Sergei Grigoryevich Stroganov (; 8 November 1794 – 22 March 1882) was a Russian nobleman, statesman, art historian, archaeologist, collector, and philanthropist. He was a member of the highly successful and prominent Stroganov family He ...

(1707–1756), who married Sofia Kirillovna Naryshkina, the daughter of the Governor-General of Moscow Kirill Alekseevich Naryshkin. Stroganov died on 21 November 1715. Grigory's sons were rewarded with the baronial title by Peter the Great in 1722.

Gallery

File:Stroganov Alek.G by Frankart.jpg, Portrait of his son, Alexandr Stroganov, by Johann Balthasar Frankart, 1730s File:1814. Портрет Строганова Александра Сергеевича.jpg, Portrait of his grandson,

Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov (Russian language, Russian: Александр Сергеевич Строганов; 3 January 1733 – 27 September 1811) was a Russian aristocrat and a member of the Stroganov family. He was an assistant to ...

, by Alexander Grigoryevich Varnek, 1814

References

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