Ivan Lazarevich Lazarev

Portrait of Ivan Lazarev by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder, 1790

Ivan Lazarevich Lazarev (Russian: Иван Лазаревич Лазарев, also Hovhannes Lazarian;[1] 1735 – 20 October 1801), was a Russian-Armenian jeweler, one of the richest patrons in Russia under Catherine the Great.[2] He was born in Isfahan's New Julfa Armenian quarter, Iran and moved to Saint Petersburg in the 1760s.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Bournoutian, George A. (2001). Armenians and Russia, 1626-1796: a documentary record. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publ. p. 249. ISBN 9781568591322.
  2. ↑ ДОМ УЧЕНОСТИ В АРМЯНСКОМ ПЕРЕУЛКЕ (in Russian). Nauka i Zhizn. 2005. Старший сын Лазарева Иван Лазаревич (1735-1801) был одним из богатейших меценатов России.
  3. ↑ Лазарев, Иван Лазаревич (in Russian). Great Biographical Encyclopedia. 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2014.


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