Sergei Mal'tsov

File:Sergia Maltsov.jpg

General Sergei Ivanovich Mal'tsov ({{langx|ru| Сергей Иванович Мальцов}}; 1810–1893) was a Russian industrialist of the nineteenth century.{{cite web|last1=Агеев|first1=С. Е.|title=Заводчик С. И. Мальцов – один из пионеров русской промышленностивторой половины XIX века|url=http://libartrus.com/arch/files/2017/2/09_170307_Ageev_v3_194-202.pdf|publisher=libartrus|accessdate=14 February 2018|date=2017}}

Biography

Sergey received both a home education and studied at school. He has learned three foreign languages. He served in Chevalier Guard Regiment, but resigned in 1833 for health reasons. A year and a half later, he re-enlists in the army and finally retires at the age of 39 with the rank of Major General.{{Cite web |last=Егор |date=2018-04-27 |title=Сергей Мальцов: генерал и филантроп, создатель Америки |url=https://www.miloserdie.ru/article/sergej-maltsov-general-i-filantrop-sozdatel-ameriki/ |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Милосердие.ru |language=ru-RU}}

His father, Ivan Akimovich Mal’tsov expanded the family business, previously based on glass and linen production by developing the metallurgy industry in Lyudinovo, Kaluga Oblast. In 1853 his father died. From this basis Sergei developed the Mal’tsov industrial region an area which covered about 215,000 hectares mostly along the Bolva River. He turned the industrial region into a major centre of machine building. It was here that the first rails, locomotives, steamships, and screw propellers were made in Russia. By 1875, Mal’tsov was able to found a corporation which included over 30 enterprises with a combined capital of 6 million rubles. These works were nationalised in 1885.{{cite book|title=Maltsov Family|date=1979|publisher=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia|url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Maltsov+Family|accessdate=12 February 2018}}

References

Category:1810 births

Category:1893 deaths

Category:19th-century businesspeople from the Russian Empire

Category:Russian businesspeople in metals