Emanuel Ludvig Nobel (/noʊˈbɛl/ noh-BEL, Swedish: [nʊˈbɛlː]; Saint Petersburg, 22 June [O.S.

Emanuel led Baku to a dominating role in the global oil industry and Branobel activities soon developed throughout the Caspian Sea, operating also in Grozny and Dosser.

[2] From 1891 until 1918, His Excellency Emanuel Nobel was also on the board of the Russian State Bank's Discount Committee.

[3] He was in charge of the company until he was forced to flee Russia due to the Russian Revolution in the Summer of 1918.

A considerable part of the collection kept in St. Petersburg was saved from the hands of the Bolsheviks as well as most of the art objects that furnished Kirjola, which was destroyed during the Winter War in 1940.