Ivan Rukavishnikov (gold miner)
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Ivan Vasilyevich Rukavishnikov (Russian: Иван Васильевич Рукавишников; 1843–1901) was a mining engineer, gold-miner, one of the co-owners of Lena Gold Mining Partnership. He was the grandfather of the notable writer Vladimir Nabokov. He was from the Russian Empire.