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31: 200: 185:). He remained the principal shareholder and manager of these banks until their collapse in the 1900s. The group also included insurance and trading companies. The assets of his top-level holding companies were valued at 40 million roubles, mostly in the stock of his own enterprises. 192:. His business rarely ventured into the textiles, metalworking, and real estate that were the fields of traditional Moscow bankers. However, the Jewish sources point at the rivalry between Polyakov and ethnic Russian bankers represented by the mayor of Moscow 254:). The three banks declared 25 million roubles in assets of which 17.5 million were written off as bad debt. United Bank was chaired by an ethnic Russian appointed by the government, while Polyakov's son Alexander retained a seat on the board of directors. 227:
Polyakov's continuing practice of relying on the inflated value of his own stock used as collateral contributed to his own downfall. It started with Yakov Polyakov's bank problems in 1898. Then in 1901 Yakov's
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collapsed beyond recovery. The recession of the 1900s brought the stock prices down. Polyakov defaulted on his loans and his banks folded one by one. The Ministry of Finance, fearing a
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version of "Polyak", which means Pole. Lazar remained in the shadow of his better-known brother and employer Samuel until 1872, when he founded
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In the end, Lazar's own finances were ruined to the extent that his own sons refused to take up his debt-ridden estate upon his death.
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Lazar Polyakov remained the leader of Moscow Jewish community for 35 years, and has been the main sponsor of
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In 1909 the Ministry of Finance took over the last three surviving banks and consolidated them into a new
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of Moscow". His business collapsed in the early 1900s and was completely disbanded by 1909.
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Polyakov created wealth through stock-exchange deals and trading in Southern Russian step
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In the 1870s and 1880s Polyakov founded five more commercial banks (in Moscow,
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street, erected in 1897–1898. Polyakov instructed the architect,
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Predprinimatelstvo i gorodskaya kultura v Rossii 1861-1914 (
154:. His family was Jewish. Lazar's grandfather had moved from 220: 386:. The Jewish publication society of America, Philadelphia. 272:, that "his name is retold in fairytales across the 336:Предпринимательство и городская культура в России 150:, were born into the family of a small trader in 472: 142:Lazar and his brothers, future railroad magnate 332:Brumfield, Anan'ich, Petrov (editors) (2001). 286:Brumfield, Anan'ich, Petrov (editors) (2002). 384:"History of Jews in Poland and Russia, vol.2" 381: 288:Commerce in Russian Urban Culture, 1861-1914 35:Portrait of Polyakov by K. Makovskiy in 1882 496:Belarusian people of Polish-Jewish descent 29: 373:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 323:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 198: 521:Russian people of Polish-Jewish descent 473: 461: 459: 431: 429: 427: 425: 340:(in Russian). Tri Kvadrata, Moscow. 13: 456: 422: 181:) and two mortgage banks (Moscow, 14: 537: 526:Privy Councillor (Russian Empire) 501:Bankers from the Russian Empire 447: 438: 397: 1: 279: 124:Ла́зарь Соломо́нович Поляко́в 506:Jews from the Russian Empire 137: 45:Leyzer Solomonovich Polyakov 7: 116:Lazar Solomonovich Polyakov 16:Russian-Jewish entrepreneur 10: 542: 409:National Library of Israel 268:Mase said in the funeral 251: 205:International Moscow Bank 158:in 1783. "Polyakov" is a 123: 97: 89: 81: 71: 63: 40: 28: 21: 391: 262:Moscow Choral Synagogue 382:Dubnow, S. M. (1918). 224: 202: 511:People from Dubrowna 453:Brumfield, 2001:211 230:Peterburg-Azov Bank 164:L. S. Polyakov Bank 366:has generic name ( 316:has generic name ( 274:pale of settlement 225: 215:, to recreate the 93:Banker, speculator 465:Brumfield 2001:74 435:Brumfield 2001:73 297:978-0-8018-6750-7 194:Nikolay Alekseyev 113: 112: 82:Years active 533: 466: 463: 454: 451: 445: 442: 436: 433: 420: 419: 417: 416: 401: 387: 378: 371: 365: 361: 359: 351: 328: 321: 315: 311: 309: 301: 253: 252:Соединённый Банк 217:San Spirito Bank 213:Semyon Eybushitz 175:Saint Petersburg 125: 33: 19: 18: 541: 540: 536: 535: 534: 532: 531: 530: 516:Polyakov family 491:Belarusian Jews 471: 470: 469: 464: 457: 452: 448: 444:Dubnow, ch.XXIX 443: 439: 434: 423: 414: 412: 411:. 9 August 2018 403: 402: 398: 394: 372: 363: 362: 353: 352: 348: 322: 313: 312: 303: 302: 298: 282: 144:Samuel Polyakov 140: 126:, born 1843 in 105: 102:Samuel Polyakov 59: 49: 47: 46: 36: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 539: 529: 528: 523: 518: 513: 508: 503: 498: 493: 488: 483: 468: 467: 455: 446: 437: 421: 395: 393: 390: 389: 388: 379: 346: 329: 296: 281: 278: 209:Kuznetsky Most 148:Yakov Polyakov 139: 136: 111: 110: 107:Yakov Polyakov 99: 95: 94: 91: 90:Known for 87: 86: 83: 79: 78: 76:Russian Empire 73: 69: 68: 65: 61: 60: 50: 44: 42: 38: 37: 34: 26: 25: 23:Lazar Polyakov 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 538: 527: 524: 522: 519: 517: 514: 512: 509: 507: 504: 502: 499: 497: 494: 492: 489: 487: 484: 482: 479: 478: 476: 462: 460: 450: 441: 432: 430: 428: 426: 410: 406: 400: 396: 385: 380: 376: 369: 364:|author= 357: 349: 347:94-6070-110-8 343: 339: 335: 330: 326: 319: 314:|author= 307: 299: 293: 289: 284: 283: 277: 275: 271: 267: 263: 258: 255: 249: 245: 240: 238: 235: 234:domino effect 231: 222: 218: 214: 210: 206: 201: 197: 195: 191: 186: 184: 180: 176: 172: 167: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 145: 135: 133: 129: 121: 117: 108: 103: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 77: 74: 70: 66: 62: 57: 53: 43: 39: 32: 27: 20: 449: 440: 413:. Retrieved 399: 337: 333: 287: 259: 256: 243: 241: 229: 226: 207:building in 204: 187: 168: 163: 141: 115: 114: 486:1914 deaths 481:1843 births 244:United Bank 203:Polyakov's 166:in Moscow. 160:Russianized 146:and banker 72:Citizenship 475:Categories 415:2020-02-02 280:References 132:Rothschild 104:(brother), 356:cite book 306:cite book 183:Yaroslavl 138:Biography 109:(brother) 98:Relatives 85:1872–1909 237:bank run 152:Dubroŭna 128:Dubroŭna 58:district 52:Dubroŭna 248:Russian 120:Russian 344:  294:  270:eulogy 179:Odessa 156:Poland 392:Notes 266:Rebbe 190:wheat 171:Oryol 56:Orsha 375:link 368:help 342:ISBN 325:link 318:help 292:ISBN 221:Rome 177:and 67:1914 64:Died 48:1843 41:Born 219:in 477:: 458:^ 424:^ 407:. 360:: 358:}} 354:{{ 310:: 308:}} 304:{{ 250:: 173:, 122:: 54:, 418:. 377:) 370:) 350:. 338:) 327:) 320:) 300:. 246:( 223:. 118:(

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Dubroŭna
Orsha
Russian Empire
Samuel Polyakov
Yakov Polyakov
Russian
Dubroŭna
Rothschild
Samuel Polyakov
Yakov Polyakov
Dubroŭna
Poland
Russianized
Oryol
Saint Petersburg
Odessa
Yaroslavl
wheat
Nikolay Alekseyev

Kuznetsky Most
Semyon Eybushitz
San Spirito Bank
Rome
domino effect
bank run
Russian
Moscow Choral Synagogue
Rebbe

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