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Nikolay Vasilyevich Vereshchagin[b] (Russian: Николай Васильевич Верещагин, romanizedNikolay Vasil'yevič Vereŝagin; 25 October [O.S. 13 October] 1839 – 26 March [O.S. 13 March] 1907) was a Russian entrepreneur who belonged to the organisers of the mass Russian cheese and butter industry;[1] a rural manager-practitioner known for his labours to improve the homegrown dairy farming industry, founder of the first Russian artel cheese factories.[2] A nobleman; brother of painter Vasily Vereshchagin.[1]

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  1. ^ The area was flooded during the creation of Rybinsk Reservoir.[1]
  2. ^ In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilyevich and the family name is Vereshchagin.

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