Alexander Pol
Alexander Pol | |
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| Aлександр Поль | |
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| Born | 20 August 1832 Maloaleksandrovka, Verkhnedneprovsk uezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (Polivske, Verkhivtseve urban hromada, Kamianske Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Died | 26 July 1890 (aged 57) Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Education | Imperial University of Dorpat |
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| Known for | Discovery of the Kryvbas mining region |
| Awards | Order of Saint Stanislaus |
Alexander Nikolayevich Pol (Russian: Александр Николаевич Поль; 20 August 1832 – 26 July 1890) was a Russian archaeologist, geologist, ethnographer and businessman of Baltic German descent. He is best-known for discovering Kryvbas, a major iron ore region of Eastern Europe.