A.K. Van-Der Bellen – disremember name in history of national nonferrous metallurgy

In paper the earlier not published data on destiny and creative activity of graduate of metallurgical faculty of Petrograd Polytechnical Institute namely Alexander Konstantinovich Van der Bellen (1891-1944) are given. On the basis of archival materials, rare and inaccessible publications, and also memoirs little-known pages of development of nonferrous metallurgy of the country at the beginning of the 20th century and during the postrevolutionary period are reflected.