Alexander I. Pogrebetsky

Alexander I. Pogrebetsky was a Russian economist and banker who headed the board of the Chinese Eastern Railway Company and collected Asian banknotes and coins.

1891 to 1952Heading the Chinese Eastern Railway boardCollection of Asian banknotes and coinsEarly book on Chinese banknotes

Died: 13 October 1952, Tel Aviv
Occupation: economist, banker, coin collecting, numismatist
Party: Socialist Revolutionary Party

Alexander I. Pogrebetsky was born in 1891 in Irkutsk

Pogrebetsky was born in Irkutsk, in the Russian Empire, in 1891. He trained as an economist and financier.

He ran the finance department of Centrosoyus for the Irkutsk region, nearby provinces and Mongolia. He later served as interim finance manager for the government office of the Far East and sat in the National Constituent Assembly of the Far Eastern Republic. During the Russian Civil War he belonged to the Irkutsk Political Centre.

Around 1920 he moved to Harbin, China, and became head of the board of the Chinese Eastern Railway Company. He was active in Jewish organizations and sat on the councils of 2 Jewish banks in Harbin. Around 1935 he moved to Tianjin, where he co-owned a private bank, and later traded in Shanghai.

In 1924 he published a Russian book on the money of the Far East during war and revolution, one of the first books on Chinese banknotes. Around 1948 he emigrated to Palestine. He died of liver cancer in Tel Aviv in 1952.