Financial & Business Association
of Euro-Asian Cooperation
Business negotiations with the head of the Ludvig Nobel Foundation
On July 18, 2023, business negotiations took place at the FBA EAC headquarters, attended by Svetlana Orlova, Acting General Director, Elena Berezovaya, Chief Executive Director, and Anna Yakovleva, Head of the Ludvig Nobel Foundation.
Anna Yakovleva spoke about the history and activities of the Foundation, shared plans for the implementation of the humanitarian and educational project "Cadets of Victory".
The participants of the negotiations exchanged proposals for possible mutually beneficial co-operation and stressed the importance of such meetings in promoting social projects.
The Ludvig Nobel Prize
Ludvig Immanuel Nobel was born on July 27, 1831 in Stockholm. All his life, from the age of 11, was connected with Russia where his father had moved and where he established one of the largest machine-building plants of that time in Petersburg.
Ludvig Nobel made an outstanding contribution to the development of many sectors of the Russian industry. He was one of the founders of the Russian Imperial Technical Society - a mass public organization that brought together engineers and scientists from various spheres of activity.
The introduction of the world's first liquid bulk carriers for the transportation of oil products by water (the first ship of this type, the "Zoroaster", was built in 1877 in Sweden under the project of L.E. Nobel), the first oil pipeline in Russia (1878) and tank wagons, the organization of an extensive system of warehouses equipped with iron tanks (the first - in 1879) all over Russia led to the intensification of the Russian oil industry and increased the competitiveness of its products on the world market.
Nobel's contribution in the development of the oil industry of Russia was deservedly marked at the All-Russia Art and Industrial Exhibition in 1882 in Moscow, where the Nobel Brothers Partnership was granted the right to display the State Emblem in promotional advertisements and on the signboard.
Owing to the activities of the Nobel Brothers Partnership, the Russian oil industry increased its output tenfold within a short period. In 1876, 4,264 thousand tons of kerosene were exported from Baku, and in 1887 – 39,826 thousand tons. Over the same time, due to the success of the Russian oil industry, the market price of lamp oil decreased fourfold. Owing to this, the imported goods were completely ousted from the domestic market, and the Russian products provided a successful competition to the American kerosene on the European market. The tanker fleet of the Partnership numbering 315 tankers and barges was deemed to be the largest in the world. Ludvig Nobel’s contribution in the development of military industry and banking, in introduction of metric measures and weights was truly significant.
Ludvig Nobel’s contribution in the development of military industry and banking, introduction of metric measures and weights, in improvement of education, construction of houses for workers, as well as patronage and charity, is notable.
The Nobels traditionally supported St. Petersburg culture, science, education, art. The charitable activities of the Nobel family were primarily extended to public education, health care, development of Russian science; up to 40% of their net income was allocated to charity.
L. Nobel was buried in St. Petersburg in Smolensk Lutheran Cemetery. The idea to establish L. Nobel’s award belonged to the Nobel Brothers Oil Production Partnership in connection with the death of the founder of that association - Ludvig Immanuel Nobel, with the purpose to perpetuate his name. This decision was taken on July 30, 1888 at the 9th regular General Meeting of the members and shareholders of the Partnership, and in 1896 the first award of Ludvig Nobel Prize took place – presented to engineer-technologist Alexei Stepanov for his research "The Fundamentals of the Theory of Lamps". Further, the prize was awarded to Vsevolod Baskakov in 1898 and Alexander Nikiforov in 1905. However, the prize was condemned to historical oblivion, from 1917.
After the death of Ludvig Nobel, the Nobel Brothers Partnership established a gold medal and a prize, awarded once every five years for research and development in the field of science and technology.
The Ludvig Nobel prize, revived by a group of emphatic fellow-thinkers, acquired a new meaning, and the circle of persons awarded with it for personal merits achieved in the course of professional activity, significantly expanded. The laureates of Ludvig Nobel Prize are awarded with a commemorative medal executed on the basis of 1888 sketches and with a badge of laureate.
The Honorary Council was set up to hold the award ceremony, which reviews the nominated candidacies and makes a decision. The solemn procedure of awarding with the Ludvig Nobel Prize takes place once a year.
Anna Yakovleva spoke about the history and activities of the Foundation, shared plans for the implementation of the humanitarian and educational project "Cadets of Victory".
The participants of the negotiations exchanged proposals for possible mutually beneficial co-operation and stressed the importance of such meetings in promoting social projects.
The Ludvig Nobel Prize
Ludvig Immanuel Nobel was born on July 27, 1831 in Stockholm. All his life, from the age of 11, was connected with Russia where his father had moved and where he established one of the largest machine-building plants of that time in Petersburg.
Ludvig Nobel made an outstanding contribution to the development of many sectors of the Russian industry. He was one of the founders of the Russian Imperial Technical Society - a mass public organization that brought together engineers and scientists from various spheres of activity.
The introduction of the world's first liquid bulk carriers for the transportation of oil products by water (the first ship of this type, the "Zoroaster", was built in 1877 in Sweden under the project of L.E. Nobel), the first oil pipeline in Russia (1878) and tank wagons, the organization of an extensive system of warehouses equipped with iron tanks (the first - in 1879) all over Russia led to the intensification of the Russian oil industry and increased the competitiveness of its products on the world market.
Nobel's contribution in the development of the oil industry of Russia was deservedly marked at the All-Russia Art and Industrial Exhibition in 1882 in Moscow, where the Nobel Brothers Partnership was granted the right to display the State Emblem in promotional advertisements and on the signboard.
Owing to the activities of the Nobel Brothers Partnership, the Russian oil industry increased its output tenfold within a short period. In 1876, 4,264 thousand tons of kerosene were exported from Baku, and in 1887 – 39,826 thousand tons. Over the same time, due to the success of the Russian oil industry, the market price of lamp oil decreased fourfold. Owing to this, the imported goods were completely ousted from the domestic market, and the Russian products provided a successful competition to the American kerosene on the European market. The tanker fleet of the Partnership numbering 315 tankers and barges was deemed to be the largest in the world. Ludvig Nobel’s contribution in the development of military industry and banking, in introduction of metric measures and weights was truly significant.
Ludvig Nobel’s contribution in the development of military industry and banking, introduction of metric measures and weights, in improvement of education, construction of houses for workers, as well as patronage and charity, is notable.
The Nobels traditionally supported St. Petersburg culture, science, education, art. The charitable activities of the Nobel family were primarily extended to public education, health care, development of Russian science; up to 40% of their net income was allocated to charity.
L. Nobel was buried in St. Petersburg in Smolensk Lutheran Cemetery. The idea to establish L. Nobel’s award belonged to the Nobel Brothers Oil Production Partnership in connection with the death of the founder of that association - Ludvig Immanuel Nobel, with the purpose to perpetuate his name. This decision was taken on July 30, 1888 at the 9th regular General Meeting of the members and shareholders of the Partnership, and in 1896 the first award of Ludvig Nobel Prize took place – presented to engineer-technologist Alexei Stepanov for his research "The Fundamentals of the Theory of Lamps". Further, the prize was awarded to Vsevolod Baskakov in 1898 and Alexander Nikiforov in 1905. However, the prize was condemned to historical oblivion, from 1917.
After the death of Ludvig Nobel, the Nobel Brothers Partnership established a gold medal and a prize, awarded once every five years for research and development in the field of science and technology.
The Ludvig Nobel prize, revived by a group of emphatic fellow-thinkers, acquired a new meaning, and the circle of persons awarded with it for personal merits achieved in the course of professional activity, significantly expanded. The laureates of Ludvig Nobel Prize are awarded with a commemorative medal executed on the basis of 1888 sketches and with a badge of laureate.
The Honorary Council was set up to hold the award ceremony, which reviews the nominated candidacies and makes a decision. The solemn procedure of awarding with the Ludvig Nobel Prize takes place once a year.