Armenian Church in St Petersburg (also designed by Veldten). At his estate in Fryanovo near Moscow he built a Palladian villa, which still stands. After the death of his only son, Count Lazarev bequeathed his property to his brother Ovakim (Ekim) and asked him to set up a Moscow school for poor Armenian children, which materialized as the Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages. His fortune eventually came into the hands of Prince Abamelik. References 1735 births 1801 deaths Businesspeople from Isfahan Persian Armenians Lazarev family Iranian emigrants to the Russian Empire 18th-century people of Safavid Iran Armenian people from the Russian Empire Ethnic Armenian philanthropists 18th-century businesspeople from the Russian Empire Businesspeople in steel Armenian jewellers Armenian bankers Counts of the Holy Roman Empire