Abraham Moses Raffalovich

Abraham Moses Rafalovich was a famous Odessa banker. He also dealt with wheat trade. Abraham with family moved to Odessa from Mogilev approximately in 1817. In 1833 he has established a bank “Rafalovich and Company”. Abraham Rafalovich has converted to Christianity in 1857 and soon after has become a honorable Russian Citizen (by Supreme Decree on 24 May 1857).

Largest Banking Houses which played a large role in the economic development of Russia, were created in 1830-40 years. in Odessa. In 1833 AD Rafalovich established a banking house "Rafalovich & Co., who in late 1860. had an annual turnover of 50 million rubles. from http://www.eleven.co.il/article/14285

http://wiki.tricolors.com/index.php/Histoire_de_la_famille_Raffalovich

cf.: http://www.hohenemsgenealogie.at/gen/register.php?personID=I13184&tree=Hohenems&generations=

In 1811 he married his first-degree cousin Olga Lowensohn (1792-1872), daughter of Leon and Lea Segal, who begat him 13 children. http://primolevicenter.org/printed-matter/from-odessa-to-florence/

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In Russian: в Одессе. В 1833 г. Д. Рафалович учредил банкирский дом «Рафалович и Ко», который в конце 1860-х гг.