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Sergei Witte
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Russian statesman and first Prime Minister of the Russian Empire (1849-1915)
Sergei Witte was a Russian statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of the Russian Empire and lived from 1849 to 1915. He is historically significant because he played a key role in modernizing Russia's economy and government during a period of major political upheaval in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sergey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Tbilisi
- Place of death
- Saint Petersburg
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Odesa University
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Religion
- Russian Orthodox Church
- Noble title
- count
- Image
- Sergei Yulyevich Witte 1905.jpeg
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- Commons category
- Sergei Witte
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- date of death
- 1915-02-28
- date of birth
- 1849-06-17
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- nominated for
- Nobel Peace Prize
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Сергей Юльевич Витте
- name in native language
- Сергей Юльевич Витте
- place of burial
- Lazarev Cemetery
- described at URL
- www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/v/vitte.htm
- P8168
- Targets
- civil rank
- Active Privy Councillor
- social classification
- noble
- writing language
- Russian
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Encyclopedic overview
Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte (Russian: Сергей Юльевич Витте, romanized: Sergey Yulyevich Vitte, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈjʉlʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈvʲitːɛ]; 29 June [O.S. 17 June] 1849 – 13 March [O.S. 28 February] 1915), also known as Sergius Witte, was a Russian statesman who served as the first prime minister of the Russian Empire, replacing the emperor as head of government. Neither liberal nor conservative, he attracted foreign capital to boost Russia's industrialization. Witte's strategy was to avoid the danger of wars.
Count Witte served under the final two emperors of Russia, Alexander III (r. 1881–1894) and Nicholas II (r. 1894–1917). During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, he had risen to a position in which he controlled all the traffic passing to the front along the lines of the Odessa Railways. As finance minister from 1892–1903, Witte presided over extensive industrialisation and achieved government monopoly control over an expanded system of railway lines.
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