Nikita Demidov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikita Demidov

Russian businessman

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1656

Place of Birth: Tula, Tula Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1725

Profession: industrialist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Nikita Demidov (full name Nikita Demidovich Antufiev; 5 April 1656 – 28 November 1725) was a Russian industrialist who founded the Demidov industrial dynasty. Peter I of Russia charged the enterprising blacksmith Nikita with casting cannon for his many military expeditions and he was ennobled with name Demidov for having strongly supported the tsar's activities.
In 1699 he set up Nevyansk's first iron foundry and in 1725 discovered mines at Kolivan (Kolyban), whose exploitation enriched him.
A museum is devoted to him in Tula.