Mikhail Abramovich Popov

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Mikhail Abramovich Popov (Russian: Михаил Абрамович Попов) (1753, Kungur – September 8, 1811) was a Russian businessman and politician, merchant of the second guild and the first mayor of Perm.

Mikhail Abramovich Popov was born in 1753, in the family of Abram Popov (1724—?), a merchant from Cherdyn, and his wife Praskovya Ivanovna Vereshchagina. Hi had a brother named Pyotr and a sister named Dominica. In 1764 his father moved to Kungur.[1]

When in 1871 Perm vice-gerency was founded, Popov moved to Perm and was elected mayor of Perm. He obtained 29 votes while his rival Fyodor Yefimovich Bykov had only 14. He held the office of mayor two times, from October 18, 1781 till October 18, 1784 and from 1793 till 1796. He died September 8, 1811 and was buried at the Yegoshikha Cemetery.[2]

References

  1. ↑ (Russian) Л. Ю. Ёлтышева. Кунгуряки в пермском городском правлении. // Государственный архив Пермской области.
  2. ↑ (Russian) Пермский некрополь // Энциклопедия Пермской области.
Preceded by
—		 Mayor of Perm
1781—1784 		Succeeded by
Fyodor Yefimovich Bykov
Preceded by
Pyotr Abramovich Popov		 Mayor of Perm
1793—1796 		Succeeded by
Ivan Nikolayevich Korshunov