Alexander Pol

Alexander Pol[1] (Russian: Александр Николаевич Поль; 20 August 1832 – 26 July 1890) was a Russian Imperial archaeologist, geologist, ethnographer and businessman of Baltic German descent. He is most well-known for discovering Kryvbas, a major iron ore region of Eastern Europe.

Alexander Pol
Aлександр Николаевич Поль
Born(1832-08-20)20 August 1832
Maloalexandrovka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
Died26 July 1890(1890-07-26) (aged 57)
Ekaterinoslav, Russian Empire
CitizenshipRussian Empire
Alma materUniversity of Tartu
Known forDiscovery of Kryvbas mining region
AwardsOrder of Saint Stanislaus
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeologist, geologist, ethnographer and businessman

Biography

Alexander Pol was born into a Noble family of Baltic Germans[2] in Maloalexandrovka, Verkhnedneprovsky Uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Maloolexandrivka, Ukraine). On his mother's line he was a far relative of Polubotok and Poletika families.[2] Pol attended local schools before studying at the Imperial University of Dorpat, where he graduated. He studied geology and archeology.

Pol studied the iron ore of Krivoy Rog (present-day Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine) for 15 years and proved its industrial importance. He is credited with discovering the Kryvbas, a major iron ore region, and is most well-known for this. While studying ore deposits, he also made archeological findings and related them to his interest in ethnography.

Pol contributed to the industrialization of the town and its area. In 1881 industrial development began,[3] stimulating the rapid economic growth of Krivoy Rog and, more broadly, of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate of what was then the Russian Empire.

References
  1. Alan Milward, S. B. Saul. The Development of the Economies of Continental Europe 1850–1914.
  2. Donik, O. Alexander Pol. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
  3. Pakhomenkov, Yu. "Александр Николаевич Поль (1832–1890) – "степной Колумб"". History of Yekaterinoslav (in Ukrainian).
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