Bunge was born to Christian Gottlieb von Bunge from the Lutheran Bunge family of East Prussian origin, in Kiev and was second generation of Kievan. His grandfather, Georg Friedrich Bunge moved from the Stallupönen to Kiev sometime in the 18th century. Bunge was a professor of the Kiev University, of which he served as a dean between 1859 and 1880, when he was summoned to St. Petersburg to become a deputy minister and then (since 1881) Minister of Finance. Five years later, he became Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, the highest position in the civil administration of the Russian Empire.
Bunge undertook a number of reforms with the aim of modernizing the Russian economy. He consolidated the banking system of the Empire and founded the Peasants' Land Bank (1883) which helped peasants to purchase land. He introduced important tax law changes which seriously reduced the tax burden of the peasantry. The head tax was abolished and the inheritance tax was introduced.
Bunge's policies towards the Russian industries were extremely protectionist. He promoted the construction of railways and spearheaded the first Russian labour laws, some of them aimed at reducing child labour.
However, in 1887 under pressure of conservative deputies, accusing him of incompetence and incapability to overcome the budgeted deficit, N.K. Bunge resigned.
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^In German personal names, von is a preposition which approximately means of or from and usually denotes some sort of nobility. While von (always lower case) is part of the family name or territorial designation, not a first or middle name, if the noble is referred to by his last name, use Schiller, Clausewitz or Goethe, not von Schiller, etc.
Rector of St.Vladimir Kiev University 1871–1875 1878–1880
Succeeded by
Aleksandr Matveyev
Succeeded by
Konstantin Feofilaktov
January 01, 1970
nikolai, bunge, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Nikolai von Bunge news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Nikolai Karl Paul von 1 Bunge Russian Nikola j Hristia novich Bu nge tr Nikolay Khristianovich Bunge 23 November O S 11 November 1823 15 June O S 3 June 1895 more commonly known as Nikolai Bunge was the German Russian preeminent architect of Russian capitalism under Alexander III He was a distinguished economist statesman and academician of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences He had also served as the rector of the Kiev University and the Finance minister Ivan Tyurin Portrait of N H Bunge 1887Biography editBunge was born to Christian Gottlieb von Bunge from the Lutheran Bunge family of East Prussian origin in Kiev and was second generation of Kievan His grandfather Georg Friedrich Bunge moved from the Stalluponen to Kiev sometime in the 18th century Bunge was a professor of the Kiev University of which he served as a dean between 1859 and 1880 when he was summoned to St Petersburg to become a deputy minister and then since 1881 Minister of Finance Five years later he became Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers the highest position in the civil administration of the Russian Empire Bunge undertook a number of reforms with the aim of modernizing the Russian economy He consolidated the banking system of the Empire and founded the Peasants Land Bank 1883 which helped peasants to purchase land He introduced important tax law changes which seriously reduced the tax burden of the peasantry The head tax was abolished and the inheritance tax was introduced Bunge s policies towards the Russian industries were extremely protectionist He promoted the construction of railways and spearheaded the first Russian labour laws some of them aimed at reducing child labour However in 1887 under pressure of conservative deputies accusing him of incompetence and incapability to overcome the budgeted deficit N K Bunge resigned References edit In German personal names von is a preposition which approximately means of or from and usually denotes some sort of nobility While von always lower case is part of the family name or territorial designation not a first or middle name if the noble is referred to by his last name use Schiller Clausewitz or Goethe not von Schiller etc Political offices Preceded byAleksandr Abaza Finance Minister1881 1886 Succeeded byIvan Vyshnegradsky Preceded byMichael von Reutern Chairman of the Committee of Ministers1887 1895 Succeeded byIvan Durnovo Educational offices Preceded byErnst Rudolf von Trautvetter Rector of St Vladimir Kiev University1859 1862 Succeeded byMykola Ivanyshev Preceded byAleksandr Matveyev Rector of St Vladimir Kiev University1871 18751878 1880 Succeeded byAleksandr Matveyev Succeeded byKonstantin Feofilaktov Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nikolai von Bunge amp oldid 1184176312, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
