Nikita Demidov - "Metallurgical Starter" Peter I

- he began in Tula as a blacksmith, and by the age of forty he controlled a whole network of factories in the Urals.

- During the Northern War, his founders were given by the army of 16,000 guns- every third gun of Russian artillery was made by the Demidovs. Swedish and English metallurgy.

- Due to the volume of export of iron to Europe, Prussia and England complained: “Russians dump at a price, ruin the market!”

- for contribution to the victory received personal nobility, the right not to pay taxes of 20 years and the legendary title “Captain of the Factories”