Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
P. Jurgenson
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Description area
Dates of existence
1861-
History
The P. Jurgenson publishing firm was established in 1861 in Russia by Pyotr Ivanovich Jurgenson, with assistance from Nikolay Rubinstein (brother of the pianist, Anton Rubinstein). In 1867, the company added a printing plant, and, starting in 1870, began to purchase several smaller Russian publishing companies. By the time of his death 1904, P. Jurgenson was the largest publishing house in Russia. His sons, Bors and Grigory Jurgenson took over the company following his death, until is expropriation by the Communist regime in 1918. In 2004, the company reverted to the P. Jurgenson name.