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Jacob Bruce

1669 - 1735

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Count James or Jacob Daniel Bruce (Russian: Я́ков Ви́лимович Брюс, romanized: Yakov Vilimovich Bryus; 11 May 1669 – 30 April 1735) was a Russian general, statesman, diplomat and scientist of Scottish descent (Clan Bruce), one of the chief associates of Peter the Great; Bruce was president of the Collegium of Mining and Manufacturing from 1717 to 1722, and president of the Collegium of Mining from 1722 to 1726. According to his own record, his ancestors had lived in Russia since 1647. He was the younger brother of Robert Bruce, the first High Commandant of Saint Petersburg. He participated in the Crimean (1687, 1689) and Azov campaigns (1695–1696) of Peter the Great against the Ottoman Empire during the Russo-Turkish War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Bruce is the 13,597th most popular politician (down from 13,120th in 2019), the 1,498th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,496th in 2019) and the 376th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacob Bruce ranks 13,597 out of 19,576. Before him are Walburga Habsburg Douglas, Ibrahim Babangida, Rodrigo Carazo Odio, Sally Yates, Andreas Metaxas, and Karl Gruber. After him are Enoch Powell, Manuel Portela Valladares, Mohammad Ali Foroughi, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and Princess Louisa of Great Britain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1669, Jacob Bruce ranks 12. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sébastien Vaillant, Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Davit Bek. After him are Johann Nicolaus Bach, and Kanhoji Angre. Among people deceased in 1735, Jacob Bruce ranks 16. Before him are Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje, Peter Artedi, Carlo Ruzzini, Johann Krieger, Petr Brandl, and George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are John Arbuthnot, and Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Jacob Bruce ranks 1,498 out of 3,761. Before him are Gavriil Popov (1904), Yury of Zvenigorod (1374), Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov (1827), Vasily Gordov (1896), Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov (1879), and Boris Parygin (1930). After him are Tetyana Yablonska (1917), Vasily Golitsyn (1643), Vyacheslav Zaytsev (1952), Karen Khachaturian (1920), Mischa Auer (1905), and Alexander Chayanov (1888).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Jacob Bruce ranks 376. Before him are Alla Kushnir (1941), Frol Kozlov (1908), Bulan (null), Yury of Zvenigorod (1374), Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov (1827), and Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov (1879). After him are Vasily Golitsyn (1643), Mikhail Khorobrit (1229), Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich (1873), Vitaly Churkin (1952), Vladimir Krutov (1960), and Nikolai Tanayev (1945).

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