Mr. Alexander Naumov

Portrait of Minister of Agriculture: Alexander Naumoff (Naumov).  Naumov was born in Simbirsk on October 2, 1868 and died in Nice on August 3, 1950.  He was a Russian Politician before the revolution and served in many positions including Member of the State Council, Marshal of Nobility of Stavropol Uezd, Chairman of the Zemstvo board of Samara Gubernia, etc.

At the Simbirsk classical gymnasium Naumov shared a desk with Vladimir Ulyanov, the future Lenin, for six years. He graduated with the silver medal in 1887, the year Ulyanov took the gold, and he later wrote about his schoolmate in his memoirs. He served as Minister of Agriculture from November 10, 1915 to July 21, 1916, stayed in the Crimea until 1920, and then settled in France. Stember painted him in 1910, and ten years later, in 1920, Stember was put forward to paint two portraits of Lenin, one for Alexin and one for Tula.