Every year on February 16, the general public of the city of Ivanovo celebrates the birthday of the Hereditary Honorary Citizen of the city of Ivanovo, philanthropist and philanthropist Dmitry Gennadievich Burylin (1852 - 1924).
IN historical memory the image of D.G. Burylin is invariably preserved, first of all, as the image of the creator of a unique collection museum - a museum in which the philanthropist tried to bring all the wealth of world culture closer to the Russian outback, a museum in which, by presenting the most diverse collections, the whole Universe was surprisingly able to accommodate.
Dmitry Gennadyevich Burylin is one of the most prominent personalities in the history of Ivanovo-Voznesensk at the beginning of the 20th century. Giving an unprecedented amount of time and effort to charitable activities, Burylin actively supported the development of the socio-cultural sphere of the region and the city.
IN perspective plans Burylin had a variety of proposals for the improvement of his native city, the development of a network educational institutions, the creation of a higher school.
Burylin can be safely called a pioneer in many branches of knowledge, science and technology. Thanks to Burylin, the first museum in the city, the first underground passage, the first tower clock appeared in the city, the plans included the creation of the first astronomical observatory in the city, equipping the museum with an elevator for the convenience of viewing it by visitors.
Among the social circle of D.G. Burylin were many famous scientists, cultural and public figures of that time, among them L.N. Tolstoy, I.V. Tsvetaev, Minister of Finance S.Yu. Witte, wrestler-aviator I.M. Zaikin, director of the Imperial Russian Historical Museum, Prince N.S. Shcherbatov and many others.
Dmitry Gennadievich was and successful entrepreneur who subtly felt the market situation, who knew how to increase capital. But, according to local Ivanovo-Voznesensk manufacturers, Burylin spent the profit he received, wasting it on "eccentrics" - the purchase of ancient things and the creation of a museum. And brother D.G. Burylina - Nikolai Gennadievich wrote in his letters about Dmitry Gennadievich - "... Mitka, who squandered everything." Despite the fact that his family often needed money, Burylin acquired a lot of paintings, drawings, sculptures, old books, ethnographic objects, a variety of "rarities and antiquities", and in his will asked his relatives not to condemn him for this.
Dmitry Gennadyevich Burylin did a lot for the improvement of Ivanovo-Voznesensk. So in 1910, at his own expense, he equipped a boulevard on Aleksandrovskaya Street opposite his family home. The section of Aleksandrovskaya Street equipped by Burylin (modern Lenin Avenue near the museum) became one of the most beautiful places in the city.
The collection of "antiquities and rarities", the creation of the museum - what Burylin devoted his whole life to, became the creation of a kind of phenomenon of the "provincial patron of the arts". The phenomenon of Burylin lies in the fact that his noble desire to enlighten and educate the inhabitants of his native city subsequently largely determined the cultural life of Ivanovo-Voznesensk, and later became the catalyst for the creation of a number of museums that made Ivanovo one of the richest territories in Russia in this respect. And if patrons of the capital, such as the Tretyakovs, Morozov, Mamontov are quite widely known in Russian society, then the potential of the image of the "provincial" philanthropist Burylin is still far from being revealed.
The position of D.G. was also great. Burylin occupied by him in social activities cities, for example, for 28 years in a row, D.G. Burylin was elected a vowel of the city duma. Documents stored in State Archive Ivanovo region, in the funds of the Ivanovo State Museum of Local History eloquently testify to the reputation of Dmitry Gennadievich as a kind, decent and honest person, an enterprising defender of city interests. From 1872, Burylin held various positions in 57 city and public institutions.
And Burylin's patronage of educational institutions was expressed not only in the provision of assistance educational institutions in solving organizational and economic issues, but also in allocating funds for various allowances and scholarships for students, for the purchase of books, school supplies, as well as for paying salaries to teachers and for the purchase of school equipment. For his activities and donations to the institutions of the Ministry of Education, Burylin was awarded the Gold Medal with the Stanislav Ribbon by Imperial Decree.
In 1914, the Museum of Industry and Art was opened, created by D.G. Burylin. Masonic collection, collection of Bibles on different languages, a collection of objects of Buddhist worship collected by D.G. Burylin, were recognized by contemporaries as one of the best in Russia. The Burylinsky Textile Fund, which included about half a million samples of fabrics, was one of the largest in the world. Burylin's museum collection also included such rarities as an Egyptian mummy and the world's only universal astronomical clock. Many researchers considered Burylin's collections to be a "jewel for science". D.G. Burylin willingly provided his collections for various exhibitions, for study and as manuals for students, for example, for a branch of the St. Petersburg Central School of Technical Drawing, Baron Stieglitz. He hoped that the exhibits he collected would be used for education. Back in 1896, D.G. Burylin bequeathed his collections hometown Ivanovo-Voznesensk: "The aforementioned collection ... should not be sold or plundered (it was acquired with great need and labor)".
After the nationalization of the museum in 1919, the integrity of the collections was violated: the practice of transferring Burylin items to other museums existed throughout the entire Soviet period. The collection has spread geographically very widely. The local collection of Ivanovo-Voznesensk, by the will of fate, ended up in various museums in Russia (the Hermitage, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum ...) and neighboring countries. So today, in fact, the Burylin collection has become a collection of national importance.

Born on February 16, 1852, in Voznesenskaya Sloboda in the family of Voznesenskaya industrialist Gennady Diodorovich Burylin.

Received home education.

From the age of 14, together with his brother Nikolai, he led the work of a cotton-printing factory, inherited from his grandfather.

In addition to the factory, grandfather Diodorus left as a legacy, first to his son, and then to his grandson, a piece of paper with the following instruction:

“To live does not depend on us, but to live well depends on us. One's knowledge should be used for the true benefit and benefit of one's neighbors and Fatherland. Trust, a noble and generous quality, exists in some pure souls. In vain the vain and perverted world tries to make it ridiculous, its danger is preferable to the misfortunes that follow its opposite vice. Trusting people are sometimes deceived, but those who spend their lives in distrust are constantly in a pitiable state. Hope in God is the best support in life. Misfortunes teach us Prudence.”

factory activity

In 1876 he joined the Second Merchant Guild. In the same year, he built a stone building for a dyeing and printing workshop.

In 1899 he became a merchant of the First Guild.

In 1909, he founded the D. G. Burylin Manufacture Association in Ivanovo-Voznesensk with a capital of half a million rubles and the Shuya-Egorievskaya Manufactory Association.

Social activity

For 28 years he was elected as a member of the City Duma. He has held various public positions in city and public institutions.

In 1902 he received the title of Hereditary Honorary Citizen of the city of Ivanov-Voznesensk.

Collection activity

Throughout his life, Dmitry Burylin collected a collection of rarities and antiquities, which later became the basis for the museum.

The passion for collecting went to Burylin, like factories, from his grandfather. In 1864, grandmother Evdokia Mikhailovna handed over to Dmitry Burylin the entire collection of his grandfather - old books, coins, rare items ...

Burylin began to multiply the collection he inherited by buying rare items from famous museum workers and collectors. To search for rare things, Burylin traveled outside the country more than once - to Germany, England, Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Italy, France, Finland, Belgium.

In April 1903 Burylin's collection was shown to the public for the first time in the building of a women's vocational school.

In 1913, Burylin brought an ancient mummy from Egypt, which is now an exhibit of the Ivanovo Art Museum (an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus of the 21st dynasty).

In 1912–15 Burylin built a museum building for his collection, which soon became the property of the city. Burylin said about him:

"The museum is my soul, and the factory is a source of funds for life and its replenishment."

Charity

For the children of poor parents, Burylin organized charitable free lunches at his own expense and allocated funds to help the poor, and he bought gifts for children from shelters for the New Year.

In 1904, at the initiative of Burylin, a wooden church of the 17th century was preserved. At his own expense, he transferred it to the Assumption Cemetery, where it still stands.

In 1912, he built a retaining wall with a lattice in the form of a wave and planted a linden alley along the current Ivanovo Lenin Avenue and Baturin Street.

last years of life

In 1919 the factories and Burylin's museum were nationalized. His museum was renamed the Ivanovo-Voznesensky City Museum, and Burylin himself was left in it, at the suggestion of Mikhail Frunze, as the main curator.

Later, the family home of the Burylins was municipalized, and Dmitry Gennadievich and his family were forced to live in the basement of this house. In October 1923, Burylin wrote a petition to the presidium of the provincial executive committee for the return of his estate:

"Soon after October revolution my ancestral home at the corner of Sovetskaya and Baturinskaya streets in Ivanovo-Voznesensk was gradually removed from my and my family's use for the need of other persons and institutions. At first, the professors of the newly formed Polytechnic Institute partially occupied it for their apartments, and then Gubnarobraz, who is in it now, was moved into it, and in part of the house I continue to live with my family, and comrades Sulkovsky and Nevsky are also placed.

Burylin's estate was never returned. Moreover, they falsely accused him of concealing and plundering museum valuables, and in 1924 he was removed from the post of museum curator.

September 13, 1924 Burylin died. Initially, he was buried at the Annunciation cemetery at the Church of the Annunciation, but in 1969 he was reburied at the Balino cemetery.

Now the local history museum bears the name of Burylin, on which a memorial plaque is installed in honor of the founder of the museum.

In the second half of the 19th century, among the entrepreneurs of Russia, a bright galaxy of patrons appeared, who sent part of their capital for charitable purposes, the development of culture, art and science. Among them are well-known Moscow patrons: Pavel Tretyakov, Savva Mamontov, Alexey Bakhrushin and others.

In this row, a worthy place is occupied by our fellow countrymen, manufacturers - Yakov Garelin, Dmitry Burylin and a timber merchant, an ascetic of culture Vasily Demidov. The manufacturers belonged to the merchant class, which included not only large merchants, but also industrialists and bankers. There were two merchant guilds. The first (highest) class included the entire business elite of Ivanovo-Voznesensk — the dynasty: the Garelins, the Zubkovs, the Derbenevs, the Burylins, the Gandurins and others. The genealogical roots of these Ivanovo dynasties go back to the peasantry. Almost all entrepreneurs early XIX century, were serfs of Counts Sheremetevs.

YAKOV PETROVICH GARELIN (1820 - 1890)

The name of Yakov Garelin is inextricably linked with the history of the creation and formation of the city of Ivanovo-Voznesensk, the spread of the fame of Ivanovo calicoes, the emergence of charitable traditions.

Not even having received a school education Yakov Garelin, he was assigned to the case, which he headed in 1844, after the death of his father. Having established production, Garelin leased the factory, and he, remaining in his native village of Ivanovo, began to live "for the benefit of himself, society and family." Started with self-education. I read a lot, talked with knowledgeable people. A tenacious mind quickly absorbed knowledge.

Since 1853, Yakov Petrovich headed the Duma of Voznesensky Posad. His energetic efforts, governmental and administrative connections accelerated the process of creating a city from a village and a town. August 2, 1871, Emperor Alexander II signed the regulation "On the conversion of the village of Ivanovo and Voznesensky Posad to a city without a county with the name Ivanovo-Voznesensk."

A lot of effort and time, as well as funds - Garelin gave social activities, was the initiator of many undertakings. In 1858, it was conceived to build a hospital for artisans and workers with subscription money. He added eight thousand rubles to the collected four. In 1865, Garelin supported the idea of ​​creating the first public library and donated 1,500 volumes to it. With his assistance was carried out Railway to Kineshma, which paved the way to the Volga.

Garelin collected old documents with passion. In his collection there were more than 4 thousand ancient acts. In 1886, he donated to the Moscow Rumyantsev Museum a collection of historical and legal acts related to the Suzdal land. To this gift, two years later, he added a collection of letters from private individuals and autographs of Russian writers. The Ivanovo regional archive contains the personal fund of Yakov Petrovich and the collection of documents he collected from the 16th - 19th centuries, which is the pride of the archive. The result of Garelin's local history research was the book "The City of Ivanovo-Voznesensk or the Former Village of Ivanovo and Voznesensky Posad". It was printed in 1884. In 2001, the book was republished at the expense of the administration of our city.

The wife of Yakov Petrovich was also an extraordinary person - Lyubov Vasilievna. She was born in Yaroslavl, in a wealthy merchant family. Nature rewarded her with a literary gift. She is the author of collections of poems and short stories published in Moscow, translations of children's books from English. The very phenomenon of her as a writer is unique. In Russia, very infrequently, merchants of the first guild wrote and published poems, dramatic works, and books for children.

In his will, Yakov Garelin disposed of his capital in favor of his children, grandchildren and the city. Recognition came over a century later. In 2000, the name of the benefactor was given to the city central library, and in May 2006, Yakov Petrovich Garelin

DMITRY GENNADIEVICH BURYLIN (1852 - 1924)

Dmitry Burylin received a "home" education, but had a great passion for learning and studied on his own all his life. According to his abilities, he was a real Russian nugget. In 1909, in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, the "Partnership of D. G. Burylin's Manufactories" and the "Partnership of the Shuysko-Egorievskaya Manufactory" were created. Leading such a huge commercial and industrial business, Burylin took an active part in the social life of Ivanovo-Voznesensk and in various scientific societies in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Taking care of the enlightenment of the Ivanovo people, he organized a four-year school in his house, of which he was a trustee for many years.

House of D. G. Burylin (now - a museum of calico)

But the main business of life for Dmitry Gennadievich was the creation of a museum. “The museum and work in it,” Burylin admitted, “is my soul, and the factory is only a necessity.” The love of antiquity was noticed in him by his grandmother, Evdokia Mikhailovna, and handed over to her grandson, in 1864, a library of Slavic Russian books, a collection of coins and other things of her grandfather Diodor Andreevich. These items formed the basis of the future unique collection.

Collecting rare items became Burylin's life passion. To this end, he traveled to various cities in Russia, to Germany, England, Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Italy. And often on trips he was accompanied by daughters who spoke foreign languages. To search for the most interesting and rare items, he maintains a large correspondence with various Russian and foreign collectors and antique dealers. In 1904, Dmitry Gennadievich opens the doors of the ancestral home for those wishing to visit its museum, located on the ground floor. In August 1912, the laying of a new museum building took place by the Burylin brothers.

December 17, 1914, in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, the "Museum of Industry and Art, Rarities and Antiquities of D. G. Burylin" was opened. The largest was the Russian section of the museum. Collections of Russian weapons and equipment, a collection of utensils and utensils, clothes and hats of the 17th - 19th centuries. The Oriental Department, the so-called “Oriental Collection”, was not inferior in richness of exhibits. A collection of objects of Buddhist and Confucian cults, with several hundred gods of various sizes made of copper, bronze, silver, stone and wood. Three Chinese icon cases with complete equipment, household items and weapons from Japan and China, lacquer painting, gold and silver embroidery. The collection was complemented by items from India, Persia, Siam, Central Asia, Caucasus. It is impossible not to say about the unique astronomical clock ...

Famous poet, our countryman - Konstantin Balmont in the "Book for visitors" of the Burylin Museum left the following lines:

What a brilliant museum!
I wander in it for two hours already,
And he is so magnificent that she-she,
Here the head is spinning.

To the meeting Dmitry Gennadievich Burylin included:

• archaeological collection (museum items from Greece, Rome, Egypt, including an Egyptian mummy);
• numismatic fund (in 1885, coins from more than 200 states and cities were presented in this collection);
• a collection of early printed books and manuscripts (a library collection in all European languages, the rarest Russian editions of the 16th - 17th centuries, a collection of Russian and foreign letters, letters of commendation of Russian emperors);
• a collection of fine arts (canvases: Aivazovsky, Vereshchagin, Benois, Clover, Makovsky, Polenov, Shishkin);
• Masonic collection (rare signs Masonic lodges, symbolic clothes, manuscripts, books, items for dedication).

One of the most remarkable collections of the Burylin Museum is the textile fund. It contains about half a million samples of fabrics from Russia, Western Europe, Persia, and Japan. Of extremely great interest is the collection of old Ivanovo hand-made heels of the 17th - 18th centuries, manners and perrotine boards for manual stuffing of fabrics.

Until the end of his life, Dmitry Burylin was devoted to his museum and his native city. After the October Revolution, on the recommendation of Mikhail Frunze, he works at the museum as the chief curator. Despite all the hardships that befell the former manufacturer under Soviet rule, Burylin also takes part in the public life of the city. So, for example, in 1918 he was a member of the committee for the establishment of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Polytechnic Institute. In the 1920s, already ill, he collected new exhibits for the museum and took part in archaeological expeditions. According to the will, drawn up in 1896, Dmitry Gennadievich transfers the museum to his native city. September 13, 1924 Dmitry Burylin did not.

astronomical clock

Unfortunately, in Soviet time, a considerable part of the richest Burylin collection was distributed to various museums in the country. Only in our city, on the basis of the Burylin collection, three museums were organized: local history, art and the museum of Ivanovo chintz, and the library, about 60 thousand books, formed the basis of the city public library. Now, the local history museum bears the name of Burylin, a memorial plaque is installed on the museum building. In 2000, Dmitry Gennadievich Burylin was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of the city of Ivanovo (posthumously).

The Ivanovo Local History Museum named after Dmitry Gennadievich Burylin was a real discovery for me. Traveling a lot in Russia, I got used to a certain format local history museums. Obviously, this would be the museum in Ivanovo, if not for Burylin - an amazing person, a true collector and a real philanthropist.

Dmitry Gennadievich Burylin - pre-revolutionary Ivanovo manufacturer. Together with the famous Ivanovo factories at that time, he inherited from his grandfather a collection of old books and coins, which he managed to increase during his life by buying curiosities of interest to him from Russian and foreign famous museum workers, junk dealers and collectors. Shortly before the revolution, Burylin opened a museum and library in Ivanovo, where he demonstrated his collection.
After the October Revolution, the museum, the library, the factories, and Burylin's estate were nationalized. Unlike many comrades in misfortune, Dmitry Gennadievich did not flee abroad - he and his family continued to live on his estate (albeit in the basement) and engage in the collection (albeit in the position of chief curator of the museum he opened). It all ended sadly: in 1924 he was accused of stealing museum valuables and removed from office. In the same year, Dmitry Gennadievich died.

Burylin, like all collectors, was a little crazy. In search of items to replenish his collection, he traveled around Russia, Europe and the East, fortunately, his condition allowed. I was going to go to America - I bought a ticket for the Titanic, but the trip fell through.
He collected everything that was interesting to him - from old pistols and cannons to death masks famous people. By the way, a whole hall of the museum is dedicated to the unique collection of weapons.

The death mask of Pushkin is adjacent to the masks of other famous characters of his time.

This versatile astronomical watch shows everything from time zones and days of the week to the phases of the moon. Burylin bought them for fabulous money, considering them the only ones in the world. Indeed, there are no analogues to such watches.

And this metal bacchanalia is just an engraving on an old shield.

The decoration of the interiors of the museum is also striking, clearly competing with the decoration of the Burylin residence. Burylin said about his brainchild: "The museum is my soul, and the factory is a source of funds for life and its replenishment."

On the top floor of the museum is Burylin's library, which best years has over 10,000 books. The library was public, free of charge, worked from 10 am to 10 pm daily, except for church holidays. This is the little that remains of her.

An underground passage connects the Burylin Museum with his residence, which today houses an equally interesting

Beloved, but unlucky Gennady Diodorovich, did not justify his father's hopes, and the grandfather transferred all his love to the grandchildren of Nikolai and Dmitry, introducing them to business.

By the way, in 1864, grandmother Evdokia Mikhailovna left a small inheritance to her grandchildren. The will said. “My property is located, land with a forest of twenty acres, in Voznesensky Posad, ... in Berezoviki I present it to my grandchildren Nikolai and Dmitry Gennadievich Burylin in full ownership, in equal shares ... According to the applicant, for lack of her literacy, I wrote her spiritual testament and subscribed at her personal request Kostroma province Nerekhta district of the village of Pistsova, the peasant owner Alexander Efremov Kosarev.

But most importantly, it was necessary to keep the family business, which was thoroughly launched by Gennady Diodorovich. The eldest, Nikolai, took up the cotton-printing factory. Dmitry ran a small brewing factory, which was built by his grandfather back in 1846. In 1876, the city government allowed Dmitry Gennadievich to break this wooden tea leaves, and instead put a stone one and build a two-story building for a dye-printing factory.

The Burylin brothers were full of natural intelligence, energy, abilities, industriousness, and initiative. And all this helped them to stay "afloat" in the difficult economic conditions of the turn of the century.

So, in 1901, D. G. Burylin, in a letter to the Minister of Finance of Russia, reports: “Since 1876, I have been the owner of a cotton products factory in the city of Ivanovo-Voznesensk, for 25 years I have constantly and rigorously strived for the development of the industry I have chosen, in in view of which I have applied at the factory the most latest ways production".

It was impossible to refuse Dmitry Gennadievich's flair for the new. Throughout his entrepreneurial activity, he was building factory outbuildings, new buildings, received and rented production premises from other manufacturers, showing business acumen.

In May 1877, the Ivanovo-Voznesenskaya council allowed the merchants N. G. and D. G. Burylin to make an extension to the stone building of the cotton-printing factory on Aleksandrovskaya Street (now Lenina Avenue), and the facade of the extension overlooked Ivanovskaya Street (now Baturin Street). Various outbuildings were erected here.

Two years later, D. G. Burylin acquired a large plot of land on Aleksandrovskaya Street. Part of it was intended for a new building of a real school (nowadays the regional art museum and the chemical-technological technical school are located here), and closer to Uvod in 1880, two stone two-story buildings of a mechanical cotton-printing factory were built (currently the educational building of Ivanovsky state university). The factory had steam heating, was lit by kerosene lamps, produced eraser, calico, twill, jacquard fabrics. Dyeing and finishing production often worked according to the severity of customers. The product was sold in Moscow and at various fairs.

In 1882, D. G. Burylin acquired a new estate in the center of Ivanovo-Voznesensk, opposite the Prikazny Bridge near the Exaltation of the Cross Church (now Revolution Square). He bought it at a public auction from a former local merchant, I. I. Shavin. In a small area there was a stone three-story dyeing and finishing factory, which employed only about 50 workers. Dyeing and finishing of cotton fabrics - leotards and calico, which came from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vichuga, were carried out on it.

The factory business of D. G. Burylin grew stronger, developed, gained fame, and already in 1882 in Moscow at the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition he was awarded a commendable review for factory production.

But then a cruel blow awaited him: on June 11, 1883, a fire broke out from the explosion of the boiler on the dyeing and finishing factory. Logs and bricks fell near the walls of the Exaltation of the Cross Church, the glass in the church windows was broken. The factory was not without human casualties.

For several years, Dmitry Gennadievich had to carry out restoration work. At the end of 1886, he submitted a petition to the provincial government with a request to be allowed to open a weaving factory instead of a dyeing and finishing factory. But since it was located near the temple, the parishioners of the Exaltation of the Cross Church opposed. They appealed through the Bishop of Vladimir to the provincial government with a protest against the placement of weaving production here, since the looms would interfere with worship with their noise, and there was a danger of a second explosion of the boiler. A commission was created, which, having studied the situation, nevertheless allowed the manufacturer to install looms, but on the condition that the engine would not be a steam boiler, but a locomobile.

This condition was met. In 1887, two departments were already working at the factory: dyeing and finishing and weaving, for which a special two-story building was built. It first installed 40, and then, by 1890, already 200 looms, as well as a safe steam boiler of the Genvel system. More than 500 people worked at the factory. They were hired from the age of 15, the working day for everyone was 13 hours, and the average salary for men was from 8 to 15 rubles a month, for women and young children - 6 rubles.

The owner of the production himself received, at his request, 6 thousand rubles a year. His personal income also included rent from tenants living in houses owned by Burylin on Alexandrovskaya, Pokrovskaya (10th August St.), Melnichnaya (Akademika Maltsev St.), Grachevskaya (Boevikov St.). Some of the houses were rented out to various institutions. In addition, in Nizhny Novgorod, D. G. Burylin had a brick two-story shop with cellars, where fabrics were sold not only from Burylin factories, but also from other Ivanovo-Voznesensk enterprises.

But trouble does not come alone. In 1893, misfortune awaited Burylin again, his new weaving factory burned down. Again I had to get out of the situation. He learns that the Minister of Finance of Russia, S.Yu. Witte, proposed to develop a cotton-cleaning industry in the country to supply powder factories that produced pyroxylin with raw materials. Prior to this, only England supplied such raw materials in the form of cotton ends to Russia.

Dmitry Gennadievich seized on this idea. He immediately left for England. In Manchester, he met Mr. Mitchell, the owner of a small cotton-cleaning factory, and his brother, the owner of a large cotton factory. They kept their production a secret and offered to supply products to Russia to D. G. Burylin, who was supposed to sell them.

However, this did not suit Dmitry Gennadievich. Apparently, he managed to learn something from the Mitchels, in particular, that for the operation of a cotton mill it was necessary to have either a linen tow, or waste from cotton spinning and weaving mills. In Ivanovo-Voznesensk, this raw material was in abundance, so Burylin went to Minister Witte with a proposal to create such a production in Ivanovo-Voznesensk. He listened with interest and supported him, and in 1895, next to the weaving factory on Voznesenskaya Street, D. G. Burylin equipped a cotton gin factory capable of processing up to 60 thousand pounds of cotton ends. In terms of production, it became the largest in Russia. All manufactured products were supplied to the gunpowder factories of the military land and naval departments. At the beginning of 1897, the Main Artillery Directorate gave an order to Burylin for three years of an annual supply of 25,000 poods of cotton ends.

In order to improve production as much as possible, Burylin invited Mr. Mitchel to Ivanovo-Voznesensk. He came with his son and eleven English workers. They were given the task of organizing the work of a cotton gin factory, as in similar English industries. They did something, in particular, a special device for cleaning the incoming to the factory river water contaminated with oil and other waste. But Mitchell did not get along well with the workers, his demands for remuneration were exorbitantly high, and the products supplied to the Kazan Gunpowder Plant were often defective. And then back in August 1898, an explosion and a fire occurred at the factory. Recall that there were other factories nearby, a real school. All this aroused public concern, and with great difficulty Dmitry Gennadievich managed to start up the factory again. He got rid of the British, replacing the technical staff with Russian craftsmen and workers. By this time, more than a thousand people worked at the factory, and the turnover reached 244 thousand rubles a year.

Burylin tirelessly continued to innovate in his enterprises. In the early 90s, he launched the production of silk fabric used in artillery for charging caps. These fabrics were made from tows obtained by combing the cocoon substance produced by silkworms and supplied from Central Asia and Japan.

In 1904, 52-year-old Dmitry Gennadievich celebrated the 40th anniversary of his labor activity. For 28 years out of 40, he independently managed production. The path traveled was difficult and even tragic. Factory fires caused huge losses. But D. G. Burylin came out of all the tests with honor. It helped that he was always a determined and far-sighted innovator, fully understanding the benefits of technological progress. The development and improvement of factory production was carried out by him thanks to hard work and knowledge of all the intricacies of the textile business. It is no coincidence that the products of his factories received gold and silver medals at international and all-Russian exhibitions: Moscow (1882) - a commendable review; Chicago (1884) - bronze medal and diploma; New Orleans (1885) - Golden medal; Yekaterinburg (1886) - silver medal; Moscow (1891) - gold medal; Paris (1894) - gold medal; Novgorod (1896) - silver medal; Paris (1897) - gold medal.

The supply of goods necessary for the army during the years of the Russo-Japanese War brought D. G. Burylin a big profit. Cotton ends, gauze, cotton wool, silk fabrics for charging artillery caps were in special demand. Dmitry Gennadievich was invited to responsible conferences on military orders, which were approved by the military council of Russia.

However, after the end of the war, orders for the army were reduced by half. It was necessary to look for new ways to maintain production. In 1906, D. G. Burylin rented N. N. Novikova’s chintz printing factory (at present, the garment factory No. 3 is located on this site), and later acquired it as property.

On July 1, 1907, his relatives and closest friends gathered in the house of D. G. Burylin. At this meeting, they decided to build a factory in the Shuisky district near the village of Egorievo, Sergeev volost, on the Teza River, in a dacha that belonged to the titular adviser A.S. Romanov, the brother of D.G. Burylin's first wife. In 1908 the factory was built.

A new stage began in the entrepreneurial activity of D. G. Burylin, who understood well the advantages of pooling capital. In March 1909, the government approved the charter of the "Partnership of Manufactories D. G. Burylin". It said:

“To continue and develop the activities of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk first guild merchant Hereditary honorary citizen Dmitry Gennadievich Burylin of the paper products manufactory located in the Vladimir province of the Shuisky district in the city of Ivanovo-Voznesensk, as well as for trading in products of the aforementioned manufactory and goods of other firms and the execution of government contracts and supplies, a partnership on shares is established under the name "Partnership of Manufactories of D. G. Burylin in the city of Ivanovo-Voznesensk."

The founder of the Association of the First Guild was a merchant Hereditary Honorary Citizen D. G. Burylin. The fixed capital of the Partnership is determined at 750,000 rubles, divided into 750 shares of 1,000 rubles each. The Board of the Partnership consists of three directors elected by the general meeting of shareholders. The Board disposes of all the affairs and capital of the Partnership.

On May 30, 1909, a meeting of people who agreed to participate in the "Partnership" was opened in the house of D. G. Burylin. Dmitry Gennadievich was elected chairman.

Before the opening of the first meeting of shareholders, Dmitry Gennadievich submitted a statement of his consent to transfer to the ownership of the established Partnership everything that belongs to him in terms of purchase fortresses: real estate located in the city of Ivanovo-Voznesensk along Voznesenskaya and Aleksandrovskaya streets and consisting of three plots of land of three acres 875 sazhen with all factory and factory buildings and residential buildings, as well as all movables indicated in the inventory, goods, materials, fuel and all records located at the factories belonging to him. He also handed over to the "Partnership" the awards he received for factory production at international and All-Russian exhibitions.

On June 1, 1909, the founder of the Partnership, D. G. Burylin, addressed the shareholders: “Dear Sirs! I have the honor to inform you that on May 30 of this year, all my factory, trade and industrial enterprises were transferred to the "Partnership of Manufactories" founded by me. I take this opportunity to thank you for the confidence you have placed in me, and at the same time I allow myself to hope that the trust and attention that I enjoyed in my personal factory and trade business will also be transferred by you to the Partnership I founded. With perfect respect, Hereditary Honorary Citizen D. G. Burylin.

In the summer of 1909 in Kazan, at the All-Russian Industrial Exhibition, products from the factories of the D. G. Burylin Manufactory Association were presented. And on October 5 of the same year, a notification was received from the Ministry of Trade and Industry that the "Partnership of Manufactories D. G. Burylin" was awarded a gold medal for chintz and cotton ends.

Since 1912, the "Partnership of Manufactories D. G. Burylin" has become an enterprise with millions of turnover. In the reference book "Factory enterprises of Russia", published in Petrograd in 1914, it is given a brief description of factory enterprises of the state:

“Burylina D. G. The partnership of manufactories in the city of Ivanovo-Voznesensk ... The fixed capital is 1,500,000 rubles. Branches of the factory, calico-printing, welding-dyeing, weaving, spinning, bleaching. Products yarn patterned and from silk tows, harsh paper fabrics, silk fabrics, cotton ends, chintz fabrics. Annual productivity 2.500.000 rubles...

Garelina Ivana with her sons Manufactory partnership... Factory departments: calico-printed, weaving, bleaching. Fixed capital 4.500.000 rubles. Annual productivity 15.000.000 rubles...

Kuvaev print-printing manufactory of the city of Ivanovo-Voznesensk Partnership. The fixed capital is 5,000,000 rubles... Departments of the factory: bleaching, dyeing, calico-printing, finishing. Products: chintz, satin, summer fabrics and others. Annual productivity is 20,000,000 rubles.

These data indicate that in the industry of Ivanovo-Voznesensk, the case of D. G. Burylin occupied one of the leading places.

On August 1, 1914, the first World War Enterprises in all branches of industry began to reorganize their work on a war footing. A special conference has opened in Moscow on the situation of the cotton industry in the central region in connection with wartime circumstances. The meeting was attended by 34 representatives from the society of manufacturers of the cotton industry from different cities of the central region of Russia, among whom were D. G. Burylin and I. D. Burylin, N. P. Derbenev from Ivanovo-Voznesensk, and A. I. Derbenev from Vichuga. Konovalov. The meeting gave direction to the work of cotton factories, which were supposed to provide the army with the necessary war time fabrics and materials.

"D. G. Burylin's Partnership" under contracts with the Main Directorate of Shipbuilding supplied the army with thick fabric from silk tows, carried out orders from the Main Artillery Directorate for the manufacture of silk fabric for charging caps, and produced large quantities of gauze, cotton wool, cotton ends for powder factories.

In 1915, the "D. G. Burylin's Partnership" supplied silk fabrics to Poland to the Lodz firms "Kwasner" and "Lindfeld".

Shareholders' profits increased, and there was an opportunity for further expansion of production. In April 1917, it was decided to build another weaving building. But the revolutionary events of 1917 did not allow to carry out the plan.

Dmitry Gennadievich Burylin - manufacturer, philanthropist and collector from Ivanovo-Voznesensk