Provo Daily Enquirer | 1896-06-04 | Page 4 | A Russian Philanthropist : Bought the Freedom of the Serfs of His Native Village

A RUSSIAN philanthropist bought the fr freedom edom of the serfs 0 of ilia hh yative visage lage there died recently in moscow a man who in the last 20 years guve gave to charity chevas he was state councillor Jer jermakoff malkoff who came from a poor f family his first public act which excited general attention was the purchase of the freedom of all the serfs living in his native village this cost him lie ile came ame to the rescue of the poor people time and time again when the harvests failed his funeral fune was ras one of the largest ever seen in th tb old bu 1 11 1 1 place of the russian czars azars bbous thousands I of the poor of the capital following the philanthropists body to the grave