Dmitri Pavlovich Solomirski

Dmitri Pavlovich Solomirski

Dmitri Pawlowitsch Solomirski ( Russian Дмитрий Павлович Соломирский ; * 1838 ; † 1923 ) was a Russian entrepreneur , philanthropist and patron .

Life

Solomirski, son of the entrepreneur Pavel Dmitrijewitsch Solomirski , grandson of diplomat Dmitri Pavlovich Tatishchev and great-grandson of oligarch Alexei Fyodorowitsch Turchaninov , began studying at the physics and mathematics faculty of Moscow University in 1855 and soon switched to the law faculty. In 1861 he took over the post of middleman for the farmers of the Ujesd Perm . In 1866 he became an official for special orders from the Governor of the Perm Governorate . In 1867 he moved to the main military court administration. In 1869 he became a civil servant for special assignments in the postal department in St. Petersburg . In 1873 he moved to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1878 he became a member of the Yekaterinburg Regional Court .

Polevskoy Sewer Ironworks (1896)

In 1879 Solomirski left the civil service to take over the management of the inherited copper and iron works in the mountainous region of Syssert . In the course of time he bought the shares of the other heirs of the Turchaninov family group , so that in 1888 he owned over 50% and in 1906 103 of the 126 shares. He was particularly interested in metallurgy . In 1888 he returned to the civil service, but continued to invest in the modernization of the iron and steel works to improve the metallurgical processes. He had dams built, and gas and peat were used in the smelting furnaces to save wood and increase profitability. He opened up new ore deposits and put new Siemens-Martin furnaces into operation. Old racing ovens were replaced by puddle ovens, which significantly improved the quality. Both the production volume and the variety of end products have been increased.

Solomirski contributed financially to the construction of hospitals, schools and churches in his metallurgical plants. He founded a home for girls from large working-class families and orphans, who lived there until their marriage and were then given a dowry . Widows received a one-time allowance and, if necessary, a new house.

During the Russo-Ottoman War (1877–1878) , the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War , he devoted himself to a wide range of charitable work for the wounded. From 1877 to 1905 he headed the branch of the Red Cross in St. Petersburg under the patronage of Empress Maria Feodorovna . In 1883 Maria Feodorovna donated an icon for the new church in Polewskoi . In 1905 he was appointed Real Councilor of State (4th class ) and in 1910 Jägermeister (3rd class). In 1911, Maria Feodorovna made Solomirski her assistant as the curator of Bishop Methodius of Astrakhan Children's Home.

Solomirski financed the work of various educational institutions and was an honorary member of the board of trustees of the Ekaterinburg School for Art and Industry and honorary curator of the Ekaterinburg boys' high school. He supported the Ekaterinburg section of the Imperial Russian Music Society, of which he became chairman in 1913. He participated in the establishment of the Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater . In 1916 he financed the establishment of a music school in Yekaterinburg. As a member of the Ural Society of Natural History Friends, he donated considerable amounts to replenish the Society's museum fund.

Solomirski was interested in ornithology and photography . He loved music , played the piano and composed some pieces. In 1914 he published the Atlas of European Ornithology in Stockholm with 900 photographs that he had taken himself. The large, unique collection of his photographs with views of the Polewskoi, Sever and Syssert ironworks has been preserved.

Due to the economic crisis at the end of the 19th century, the Russo-Japanese War and the Russian Revolution in 1905 , the economic situation of Solomirski's smelting works deteriorated, so that he had to reduce costs and wages. He received threats and was shot once. In 1912 he sold his group to a British company founded for this purpose, Bergregion-Syssert- Aktiengesellschaft .

After the October Revolution , Solomirski stayed in Russia, while the other family members had previously emigrated to France . The now penniless Solomirski received a small pension after the Ural Society of Natural History Friends had applied for this to the new government with reference to Solomirski's great services to economy, science and culture in the Urals. In his final years, Solomirski lived with one of his former employees.

Solomirski was married and had two daughters: Anna (* 1870) and Mascha († 1884).

Honors

• Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus II class (1879)
• Russian Order of Saint Anne II Class (1892)
• Order of Saint Vladimir IV Class (1896)
• Order of St. Vladimir III. Class (1913)

Web links

Commons : Familie Solomirski  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Полевской край . ИПП Уральский рабочий, Yekaterinburg 1998, ISBN 5-85383-129-1 , p. 319 ( Последний владелец сысертских заводов [accessed October 9, 2017]).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Союз охраны птиц России: Соломирский Дмитрий Павлович (accessed October 9, 2017).
3. ↑ Правительство Свердловской области: Историческая справка (accessed October 7, 2017).
4. ↑ Е. Е. Приказчикова: КАМЕННАЯ СИЛА МЕДНЫХ ГОР УРАЛА . In: Izvestiya of the Ural State University . tape 28 , no. 12 , p. 11–23 ( urfu.ru [PDF; accessed October 7, 2017]).