Kozma Terentyevich Soldatyonkov (; 22 October 1818 in
Moscow
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,
Russian Empire
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– 1 June 1901 in
Kuntsevo, Moscow, Russian Empire) was a Russian
industrialist
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,
mecenate
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,
philanthropist
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,
art collector
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and a renowned
publisher
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.
[Солдатёнков, Кузьма Терентьевич](_blank)
at Moscow. The Encyclopedian Dictionary // Москва. Энциклопедический справочник. — М.: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 1992.
In 1865 the Soldatyonkov Publishing house was launched. Among its seminal publications were the Complete Works by
Vissarion Belinsky
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and
Konstantin Kavelin
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Born in Saint Petersburg into an old noble family, Kavelin ...
, ''Russian Fairytales'' by
Alexander Afanasyev
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, the translations of ''Allgemeine Weltgeschichte'' by
Georg Weber, ''The American Commonwealth'' by
James Bryce James Bryce may refer to:
* James Bryce (geologist) (1806–1877), Irish naturalist and geologist
* James Bryce (footballer) (1884–1916), Scottish footballer
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, ''
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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'' by
Edward Gibbon
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, ''The History of Scandinavian Literature'' by
Frederik Horn (translated by
Konstantin Balmont
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), ''
A Short History of the English People
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'' by
John Richard Green
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and ''
History of Rome
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'' by
Theodor Mommsen
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, as well as 11 issues of the Economist's Library (edited by Mitrofan Shchepkin) featuring books by
Adam Smith
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,
David Ricardo
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,
James Mill
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and others.
[Soloveyeva, A. The Moscow Mecenate. Boss magazine, 2009, No. 7]
A staunch
Old Believer
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, he supported the Moscow
Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy and financed its leader Bishop Pafnuty (Ovchinnikov)'s visit to
London
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where he had talks with
Alexander Hertsen,
Nikolai Ogaryov and
Vasily Kelsiyev.
Soldatyonkov bequeathed his library (8 thousand books and 15 thousand journals) and art collection (258 paintings, including the best known works by
Karl Bryullov
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,
Alexander Ivanov,
Vasily Perov
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and
Pavel Fedotov
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B ...
, as well as 17 sculptures) to the
Rumyantsev Museum
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. After 1924 they were shared between the
Tretyakov Gallery
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and the
Russian Museum
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. Part of Soldatyonkov's capital (2 million
ruble
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s) went, according to his will, to the construction of the hospital for the poor, later to be known as the Botkin Clinic.
Солдатенковская больница
The Soldatyonkov Clinic. '' Russkoye Slovo'' / Русское Слово. — 1908. — 9 июля
Vassily Soldatenkov was his great-nephew.
References
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1818 births
1901 deaths
Industrialists from the Russian Empire
Businesspeople from Moscow
Art collectors from the Russian Empire
Philanthropists from the Russian Empire
Publishers (people) from the Russian Empire