Anika Stroganov

Type Figure Region Russia Time c. 1495–1570 Also known as ancestor of the Stroganov family

Anika Stroganov (c. 1490s–1570) was a 16th-century Russian northern salt and fur magnate and founder of the Stroganov family's fortune, whose operati…

Timeline

c. 1495–1540Novgorod · RussiaThe family began as Novgorod merchants, gradually extending their trade network into the salt fields and fur-producing regions of northern Russia.
1541–1550Solvychegodsk · Vologda OblastIn the 1540s he consolidated a salt monopoly at Solvychegodsk, obtaining tsarist privileges to expand salt production and trade, accumulating great wealth and establishing family estates.
1551–1570Solvychegodsk · Vologda OblastIn the 1550s he handed the enterprise to his sons, and the family continued to receive estates and expand; he died around 1570, laying the financial foundation for later sponsorship of Yermak's Siberian expedition.

Sources

Encyclopaedia Britannica: Stroganov Family https://www.britannica.com/topic/Stroganov-family
The Cambridge History of Russia, Volume 1 — Maureen Perrie (2006)