Golikov Ivan Illarionovich 1729-1805

Merchant, one of the founders of the Russo-American Company (1799) which launched exploration of Alaska and construction of Russian settlements on the North-American Pacific coast. Gravestone in the form of a topped column with a vase on a pedestal, enclosed in a decorative fence. Unknown master, 1800s. 

Russia. St.-Petersburg. The Necropolis of the 18th century