Ivan Rukavishnikov (gold miner)
# Ivan Rukavishnikov (gold miner)

Ivan Vasilyevich Rukavishnikov (Russian: Иван Васильевич Рукавишников; 1843–1901) was a mining engineer, gold-miner, one of the co-owners of Lena Gold Mining Partnership, he was the grandfather of the famous writer Vladimir Nabokov. He was from the Russian Empire.

## Biography

Ivan Rukavishnikov was born in Kazan into an Old Believer family.

He graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Moscow University and the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University.

## Awards

He was awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir.

