Ivan Lazarevich Lazarev

Hovhannes Lazarian, better known under his Russian name as Ivan Lazarevich Lazarev (Russian: Иван Лазаревич Лазарев, 4 December 1735 – 5 November 1801), was a Russian-Armenian financier and millionaire. A court banker to Catherine the Great, he was the only Armenian to receive the title of Imperial Count (Reichsgraf, 1788).

Ivan Lazarevich Lazarev

Hovhannes Lazarian, better known under his Russian name as Ivan Lazarevich Lazarev (Russian: Иван Лазаревич Лазарев, 4 December 1735 – 5 November 1801), was a Russian-Armenian financier and millionaire. A court banker to Catherine the Great, he was the only Armenian to receive the title of Imperial Count (Reichsgraf, 1788).