Aleksey Vishnyakov
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Aleksey Vishnyakov

Russian entrepreneur and philanthropist (1859–1919)

Aleksey Semyonovich Vishnyakov (Russian: Алексéй Семёнович Вишняко́в; 1859–1919) was a Russian entrepreneur and philanthropist.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Aleksey Vishnyakov (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1859, died Feb 11, 1919.1

About

He is famous for creating the Moscow Commercial Institute in 1907, later known as the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. It was, at that time, the first Russian university dedicated to commercial studies, and one of the first in Europe.

Several members of the Vishnyakov dynasty have been faculty members of the university, until today.

From Wikipedia’s article on Aleksey Vishnyakov, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Career

Occupation: entrepreneur.4

Personal life

  • Born1859, Moscow5
  • DiedFeb 11, 1919, Moscow6
  • CitizenshipRussian Empire7

Awards

  • Date not recordedOrder of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class8