Alfons Shanyavsky

Alfons Shanyavsky
Shanyavsky c. 1870
Born(1837-02-21)February 21, 1837
Shanyavy, Poland
DiedNovember 20, 1905(1905-11-20) (aged 68)
OccupationsRussian officer and mine owner
Known forEstablishment of the Shanyavsky Moscow City People's University
Spouse
Lidia Alekseevna
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(m. 1872)​

Alfons Leonovich Shanyavsky (Russian: Альфонс Леонович Шанявский; 21 February 1837 – 20 November 1905) was a Russian officer of Polish noble origins who became a gold mining business owner and later philanthropist who helped establish the Moscow City People's University which ran from 1908 to 1920 when it was merged into the Russian State University for the Humanities.

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