Bliokh Ivan S.

(1836 - 1901)
Born in a family of Polish Jews. At the end of 1860 engaged in railway concessions and was the organizer of a number of railway companies, credit and insurance institutions, took a close interest in the affairs "of the main society Russian Railways". In 1875, Mr.. came out of his work: "Russian Railways" (in Russian and French languages), first we have extensive experience in the development of railway statistics. For the field of railway property law issued Bliokh along with I. Vyshnegradsky: "Proceedings of the Commission for the railway pension fund" (St. Petersburg, . 1875), . "Calculs servant de base pour des Caisses de Retraites" (Warsaw, . 1875, . also in Polish) and "Study on, . related to the production, . trade and movement of cattle and cattle products in Russia and abroad "(1876, . an atlas and schedules),
. In defense of our rail policy, . expression in the growth railway construction, . Bliokh published in the Journal of Europe "(1877) a number of articles (" The economic condition of Russia in the past and present), . they had been distilled into a vast labor: "The impact of railways on the economic condition of Russia" (5 volumes, . graphical atlas, . Petersburg., . 1878; the same in Polish and French),
. Appointed member of the Academic Committee of the Ministry of Finance, Bliokh published: "The collection of Russian Railways freight charged in a metallic currency" (1877) and extensive work: "Finance Russia of the XIX century" (4 vols, 1882). This work was translated into French, German and Polish languages and replenished volume, embodying the history of finance of the Kingdom of Poland to the confluence of the general government budget. In 1890, Mr.. Bliokh's book: "On agricultural drainage loan in Russia and foreign countries" in 1898. - His study: "Future war and its economic consequences" (6 volumes and 1 volume cartograms; also been published in Polish, German, French and English). In 1901, Mr.. published his work: "Comparison of material and moral welfare of the western provinces, . velikorossiyskih and Vistula "(5 volumes, . an atlas of charts and cartograms, . except 25 copies destroyed by fire Printing, . now a rare book),
. The reason for the compilation of this work, a note: "On the acquisition and renting of land by Jews with a comparative statistical tables presented Bliokh in 1885. on behalf of the Chairman of the Higher Commission to revise the laws of the Jews, gr. Palena. The first volume of this work, prefaced by an essay of anti-Semitism. In 1900, Mr.. published in Paris, consisting of a collection of "Les ouvrages statistico-economiques 1875 - 1900". A Polish version published books Bliokh: "Factory Industry of the Kingdom of Poland", "The Earth and its debt to the Kingdom of Poland and Statistics of the Kingdom of Poland."