Nikolai von Bunge

Nikolai Karl Paul von Bunge (Russian: Никола́й Христиа́нович Бу́нге, tr. Nikolay Khristianovich Bunge; 23 November [O.S. 11 November] 1823 – 15 June [O.S. 3 June] 1895), more commonly known as Nikolai Bunge, was the German-Russian preeminent architect of Russian capitalism under Alexander III. He was a distinguished economist, statesman, and academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He had also served as the rector of the Kiev University and the Finance minister.