# Samuel Polyakov

> Samuel (Shmuel) Polyakov was a Russian businessman, informally known as the "most famous railroad king" of the Russian Empire, the senior member of the Polyakov business family, a philanthropist and a Jewish civil rights activist, co-founder of World ORT. Polyakov's business interests concentrated in southern Russia and Ukraine. By the time of his sudden death at the age of 50 he was credited with the construction of one quarter of Russia's railroads, his personal net worth was estimated at 31.4 million roubles.

*Russian businessman*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/samuel-polyakov

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Founder ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Founders
- **Born:** 1837-12-24
- **Died:** 1888-04-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Поляков Самуїл Соломонович](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%97%D0%BB_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [سامويل پولياكوڤ](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%DA%A4)
- [Самуіл Саламонавіч Палякоў](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%96%D0%BB_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%9E)
- [Samuil Solmonowitsch Poljakow](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuil_Solmonowitsch_Poljakow)
- [Samuel Polyakov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Polyakov)
- [שמואל פוליאקוב](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91)
- [Поляков, Самуил Соломонович](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1861824)

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