Witte
[ vit-uh; Russian vyee-tyuh ]
/ ˈvɪt ə; Russian ˈvyi tyə /
noun
Ser·gei Yu·lie·vich
[sur-gey yool-yuh-vich; Russian syir-gyey yoo-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ ˈyul yə vɪtʃ; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ˈyu lyɪ vyɪtʃ/,1849–1915,
Russian statesman.
British Dictionary definitions for sergei witte
Witte
/ (ˈvɪtə, Russian ˈvjitjə) /
noun
Sergei Yulievich (sjɪrˈɡjej juˈljevitʃ). 1849–1915, Russian statesman; prime minister (1905–06). As minister of finance (1892–1903) he tried to modernize the Russian economy