Akinfy’s nephew Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov (1738–1821) traveled extensively and became a benefactor of Russian education. His nephew Count Nikolay Nikitich Demidov (1773–1828) directed the family’s mining business and also contributed liberally to scientific education, mainly in Moscow. Nikolay’s elder son, Pavel Nikolayevich Demidov (1798–1840), founded an annual…
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