Unlike many other Russian nobles, the Bobrinskys continued as prosperous businessmen after the 1861 emancipation of serfs, starting coal-mining in their estates near Tula and helping to build railways all over Russia.
The Bobrinskys continued as prosperous businessmen after the 1861 emancipation of serfs. This was unlike many other Russian nobles. The Bobrinskys were starting coal-mining in their estates near Tula and helping to build railways all over Russia. This was unlike many other Russian nobles.