Kapiton Yakovlevich Ushkov (; 1813–1868)
was a Russian serf who became a major chemical industrialist in
Tatarstan
Tatarstan, officially the Republic of Tatarstan, sometimes also called Tataria, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is a part of the Volga Federal District; and its capital city, capital and largest city i ...
.
He was born in Bonduga, a village near
Yelabuga
Yelabuga (also spelled ''Elabuga''; ; ) is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kama River and east from Kazan. Population:
The evolution of name
The name of the city of Yelabuga comes from the T ...
, in Tatarstan. Bonduga was subsequently renamed
Mendeleyevsk. Ushkov discovered that the raw materials for
potassium bichromate, a chemical used in the dying process was to be found locally, and so he established a plant for its production in the village of
Kokshan.
His family included
Peter Ushkov (1840–1898) and
Konstantin K. Ushkov (1850–1918).
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Chemists from the Russian Empire
1813 births
1868 deaths
Serfs