Neel Dmitry

(23.H.1819 with. Sands Gzhatsk district of Smolensk province - 12.III.1890, St. Petersburg), Senator (since 1883)
He graduated from the School of Artillery (1840) and special classes. To gather information on the status of artillery in 1844-46 he. was sent abroad. After returning to Russia aims to Petrozavodsk for testing ores and the presence in experiments on the Alexander Cannon Plant. In 1848, Mr.. retired, . lived in the hamlet Shatalovo Smolensky County, . engaged in agriculture, . was a member of the Smolensk Regional Committee, . member of the provincial committee to draft the release of the peasants, . published articles on the reform of agriculture in the Russian Gazette, . "Proceedings of the Imperial Free Economic Society",
. Since February 1860. - The Ministry of State Property (Director of the Department of Agriculture). Actively participated in all the agricultural reforms, especially in the reform of agricultural education in Russia. In his project and with his direct participation was conducted conversion of farms and agricultural training colleges in t.ch. Mountain-goretskgo Institute (see), the creation Petrovsko-Razumovskaya agricultural and forestry Academy (now the Agricultural Academy. KA. Timiryazeva). Participated in work on the device the All-Russia Agricultural Exhibition 1860, to create agricultural museum. Since 1872. consisted of administering the affairs of the commission for the study of agriculture and rural industry in Russia. He was awarded the Order of St.. Vladimir 3rd degree, Anna 1-st degree, Vladimir 2-nd degree, the White Eagle.

Vol.: Device dams. - St. Petersburg, 1884, etc.

Lit.: Journal of the Ministry of State Property, 1860; Russian Antiquity. - T. XLIX, 1891, February; TSB. - 2 ed., 1952. - V.11; Outlines the history of technology in Russia. Mining. Metallurgy. Energy. Engineering. From ancient times to the 60-ies of XIX century. - M., 1978.