Background
Peter Yakovlevich Rostovtsev was born on June 7, 1863 in Voronezh, Russian Federation. From the merchants.
Peter Yakovlevich Rostovtsev was born on June 7, 1863 in Voronezh, Russian Federation. From the merchants.
Peter Yakovlevich graduated from the Voronezh Gymnasium (1883) and the Faculty of Law, Saint Petersburg University (1889).
After graduation, Peter Yakovlevich lived at his estate in Zemlyansky district. Since 1889, he was the mayor of the city of Zemlyansk, and at the same time he was the honorary magistrate of the Zemlyansk district (since 1892). Since 1898, he was the chairman of the Zemlyansk district county council, and at the same time he was the vowel of the Voronezh provincial district council. In 1905-1906, he was the mayor of Voronezh.
Peter Yakovlevich actively participated in the creation of the Voronezh Committee of the People’s Freedom Party (Cadets). Member of the 1st State Duma. In July 1906, he signed the Vyborg Appeal with a protest against the dissolution of the State Duma and with an appeal to the population not to pay state taxes and not to serve military service. According to the verdict of the St. Petersburg District Court, he was sentenced to three months in prison.
Since 1907, Peter Yakovlevich lived at his estate in the village of Berezovka, Zemlyansky district, under the secret surveillance of the police. Since 1913, the chairman of the board of "the Partnership of the Mechanical Plant V.G. Stoll and Co.". Since 1915, the Commissioner of the Voronezh Provincial Committee of the All-Russian Union of Zemstvos and Cities. Since March 1917, Chairman of the Voronezh Provincial Executive Committee, member of the Voronezh City Council.
After the establishment of Soviet power, Peter Yakovlevich was subjected to repression (imprisonment in a concentration camp as a hostage) for belonging to the Cadet Party. In October 1919, after the capture of Voronezh by the white troops of K.K. Mamontova and A.G. Shkuro, he was appointed to the reinstated post of chairman of the provincial land council. A month later, he left Voronezh with white troops. According to some reports, since 1922, Peter Yakovlevich worked together with A.G. Khrushchov at the State Bank of the RSFSR.