Alexey Sergeyevich Yermolov

Who was Alexey Sergeyevich Yermolov?

Alexey Sergeyevich Yermolov was a Russian politician.

Yermolov was born in 1847, in 1866 graduated from the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, in 1871 received the Kandidat of agricultural sciences degree from the Petersburg Agricultural Institute. Worked as a senior editor of the statistical department and member of the Research Council of the Imperial Ministry for Agriculture. He was the leader of the expedition to study sheep husbandry in the Empire. In 1883-1892 he served as the head of the Indirect taxation department of the Ministry for Economics. In 1892 he became the Deputy to Ministry for Finance. In 1893 became Minister of Agriculture and State Properties of Russian Empire and served until 1905. Since 1905 he was a member of State Council of Imperial Russia.

He was an active member of the Free Economics Society and published a lot of scientific articles in the Works of the Society. In 1878 he represented the society at the World Fair in Paris. In 1886-1888 he served as the Vice-President of the Society. In 1899 Yermolov was elected a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.