Mikhail Abramovich Popov () (1753,

Kungur Kungur () is a town in the southeast of Perm Krai, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains at the confluence of the rivers Iren and Shakva with the Sylva ( Kama's basin). Population: 62,173 ( 2023 Estimate). History Kungur was founded ...

– September 8, 1811) was a Russian businessman and politician, merchant of the second guild and the first mayor of

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. Mikhail Abramovich Popov was born in 1753, in the family of Abram Popov (1724—?), a merchant from Cherdyn, and his wife Praskovya Ivanovna Vereshchagina. He had a brother named Pyotr and a sister named Dominica. In 1764 his father moved to

. When in 1781 Perm vice-gerency was founded, Popov moved to Perm and was elected mayor of Perm. He obtained 29 votes while his rival Fyodor Yefimovich Bykov had only 14. He held the office of mayor two times, from October 18, 1781, till October 18, 1784, and from 1793 till 1796. He died September 8, 1811, and was buried at the Yegoshikha Cemetery.Пермский некрополь
// Энциклопедия Пермской области.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Popov, Mikhail Abramovich 1753 births 1811 deaths People from Kungur Politicians from the Russian Empire Mayors of Perm, Russia Businesspeople from Perm, Russia Merchants from the Russian Empire