Peter Demens
Peter Demens | |
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Пётр Алексеевич Дементьев | |
| Born | Pyotr Alexeyevitch Dementyev May 13, 1850 |
| Died | January 21, 1919 (aged 68) |
| Education | First Technical School of Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Occupation(s) | Forester, lumber businessman, railway owner |
| Known for | Co-founder of St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Spouse | Raisa Borisenko |
| Children | 5 |
Peter Demens (May 13 [O.S. May 1] 1850 – January 21, 1919), born Pyotr Alekseyevich Dementyev (Russian: Пётр Алексеевич Дементьев), was a Russian nobleman who migrated in 1881 to the United States and became a railway owner and one of the founders of St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.