Ekaterina Kozitskaya
Ekaterina Ivanovna Kozitskaya, née Myasnikova (1746 – 1833) was a Russian industrialist. She was the daughter and heiress of the copper miner Ivan Semyonovich Myasnikov and married Grigory Kozitsky, one of the secretaries of Catherine the Great. She inherited the copper mines in Ust-Katav and elsewhere in the Urals. She managed the mines herself with great success and has been called the richest woman in 18th-century Russia.
Kozitskaya was allowed to attend the imperial court, although many courtiers suspected her of observing, in private, the rites of Old Believers. Her husband died within four years after their wedding, from 32 knife wounds inflicted by himself in a fit of depression. They had two daughters, Alexandra and Anna.
The asteroid 3702 Trubetskaya is named after her.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "IAU Minor Planet Center". Minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
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[edit]- Сухарева О. В. Кто был кто в России от Петра I до Павла I. — М.: АСТ, 2004.
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- 1746 births
- 1833 deaths
- 18th-century businesswomen from the Russian Empire
- 18th-century businesspeople from the Russian Empire
- 19th-century businesswomen from the Russian Empire
- 19th-century businesspeople from the Russian Empire
- Burials at Lazarevskoe Cemetery (Saint Petersburg)
- Industrialists from the Russian Empire
- Women in mining