A short story of 5 sentences about Burylin. State budgetary institution of the Ivanovo region "Ivanovo State Museum of History and Local Lore named after D.G

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, as early as the beginning of the 19th 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, a railway was built 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, and the 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 assembly 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 (the rarest signs of Masonic lodges, symbolic clothes, manuscripts, books, items for initiation).

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 times, a large 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).

Dmitry Gennadievich Burylin- Ivanovo-Voznesensk manufacturer, philanthropist and collector from the Burylin merchant dynasty. Prominent public figure of Ivanovo-Voznesensk in the late XIX - early XX century. Old Believer.

Childhood

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 only in 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 "Partnership of Manufactories D. G. Burylin in Ivanovo-Voznesensk" with a capital of half a million rubles and the "Partnership of Shuya-Egorievsk Manufactory".

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 Ivanovo-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 1912-1915, Burylin built a museum building for his collection (initially, the exhibits were kept right in the Burylins' house), 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."

Everything collected by Dmitry Burylin consisted of the following independent collections:

Archaeological collection
Ethnographic collection
Numismatic collection
Collection of smoking pipes
Collection of inkwells
Collection of playing cards
Clothing collection
Collection of women's jewelry
Collection of icons
Collection of rare books
Watch collection
Collection of paintings and prints

In addition to these collections, Burylin also collected the so-called "Masonic collection", which included Masonic signs from different countries, symbolic clothes, manuscripts, books, as well as weapons and items for knighting. In the 1920s, this collection was transferred to the Hermitage and subsequently dispersed among several museum collections, including the Museum of Religion in St. Petersburg.

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.

BURYLIN Dmitry Gennadievich BURYLIN Dmitry Gennadievich

BURYLIN Dmitry Gennadievich (1852-1924), Russian manufacturer, merchant of the first guild (1899), entrepreneur in the textile industry, hereditary honorary citizen; collector, local historian.
family business
Ancestors D.G. Burylin were Old Believers, his grandfather joined the fellow believers, while receiving the name Diodor instead of Fedor. According to family tradition, the Burylins once lived in the Novgorod region, but "for their obstinate temper" they were expelled from their native places. Later, the Burylins were serfs of the Cherkassky princes, Count N.P. Sheremetev (cm. Sheremetev Nikolay Petrovich), weaved linen fabrics, were engaged in heel (cm. TIMING). The Burylins' case developed after the Moscow fire of 1812, during which almost all the factories of Moscow burned down. Diodor Andreevich Burylin (1788-1860) in 1812 built a cotton-printing factory in Voznesensky Posad on the Uvodi River (future Ivanovo-Voznesensk). In 1831, he received freedom from Count Sheremetev for himself and his family. In 1844 D.A. Burylin built a one-story stone house with a garden, and opposite it - a stone cotton-printing factory and a wooden tea leaves on Uvodi (tea leaves - a room where dyes for fabrics were cooked).
Burylin prints were sold in Moscow, at fairs in Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov the Great, Makariev, Kholui. On the way to the fair, D.G. Burylin was robbed and killed, but he left his only son Gennady a well-established economy and capital. Gennady had no inclination for entrepreneurship, he launched the economy; his sons, Nikolai and Dmitry, became the successors of the business. As teenagers, they worked at the grandfather's factory as simple workers. Since 1866, during the life of his father, 16-year-old Nikolai and 14-year-old Dmitry began to manage the factory, taking care of their sisters and parents. Nikolai Gennadievich in 1875 married Nadezhda Kharlampievna Kuvaeva, the only daughter of a wealthy Ivanovo manufacturer Kh.I. Kuvaev. After the death of his wife's parents (1887), he and his wife established the "Association of the Kuvaev Printing Manufactory", which he led until 1917. It was the largest enterprise in Ivanovo-Voznesensk.
In 1876, Dmitry Gennadievich Burylin became a merchant of the second guild. The following year, he married the daughter of a Shuya timber merchant S.V. Romanova Maria Stepanovna and built a stone factory on the site of the old wooden welding, and next to it - a two-story building of a dye-printing factory. In 1880, Dmitry Gennadievich acquired a large plot of land on Aleksandrovskaya Street in Ivanovo-Voznesensk. Part of it was intended for a new building of a real school (in the 20th century, the regional art museum and the chemical-technological college were located in this building), and closer to Uvod, two stone two-story buildings of a mechanical cotton-printing factory were built (now the building of Ivanovo State University). The factory had steam heating and was lit by kerosene lamps; produced eraser, calico, twill, jacquard fabrics. The goods were sold in Moscow and at fairs. In 1882, in a new stone building in the center of Ivanovo-Voznesensk, near the Exaltation of the Cross Church, a dyeing and finishing factory began to work. By 1890, more than 500 people worked at the factory. The owner himself received a salary of 6 thousand rubles a year. The average salary of men at his factory was 15 rubles a month, women and children - 6 rubles.
In 1893 D.G. Burylin decided to master the cotton-cleaning industry. In 1895, next to the weaving factory on Voznesenskaya Street, he equipped a cotton gin, capable of processing up to 60 thousand pounds of cotton ends. Before its construction, Dmitry Gennadievich traveled to England to get acquainted with a new business for him. In terms of production, the factory became the largest in Russia. All manufactured products were supplied to the gunpowder factories of the military land and naval departments. The products of the Burylin factories received gold and silver awards at international and all-Russian exhibitions: Moscow (1882) - a commendable review, Chicago (1884) - a bronze medal and a diploma, New Orleans (1885) - a gold medal, Yekaterinburg (1886) - a silver medal, Moscow (1891) - gold medal, Paris (1894) - gold medal, Novgorod (1896) - silver medal, Paris (1897) - gold medal. In 1899 D.G. Burylin became a merchant of the first guild.
Dmitry Gennadievich met with Emperor Nicholas II Alexandrovich three times (1896, 1912, 1913). On the anniversary days of the Patriotic War of 1812, D.G. Burylin presented the emperor's daughters with silk handkerchiefs made at his factory from the rarest original engraving of the 1812 era. Big income Burylin brought the supply of goods during the Russian-Japanese war (cm. RUSSIAN-JAPANESE WAR 1904-05). Cotton ends, cotton wool, gauze, silk fabrics for artillery cap charges were in great demand. In 1906 and 1908 D.G. Burylin acquired two more factories - one in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, the other - in Shuisky district. In March 1909, the “Association of Manufactories D.G. Burylin" with a capital of 750 thousand rubles. In 1909, the partnership's products were awarded a gold medal at an exhibition in Kazan. In 1912, the “Association of Manufactories D.G. Burylina reached millions of turnovers.
War and revolution
With the outbreak of the First World War, the “Partnership of D.G. Burylin, 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, and cotton ends for gunpowder factories. In April 1917, it was decided to build another weaving corps, but the revolution did not allow the plans to be realized. Dmitry Gennadievich welcomed the overthrow of the autocracy, but soon the realities of revolutionary changes disappointed him. The meaning of D. Burylin's life was his huge collection of works of art. He said: "The museum is my soul, and the factory is a source of funds for life and its replenishment." After the revolution, Burylin's factories and his collection of antiquities, which already existed in the form of a museum, were nationalized. Dmitry Gennadievich himself, on the urgent recommendation of M.V. Frunze (cm. FRUNZE Mikhail Vasilievich), who in 1918 was the chairman of the Ivanovo-Voznesensky provincial executive committee and the provincial party committee, was appointed director of the museum. But in 1923, Burylin was evicted from his own house, and in 1924, on false charges, he was removed from his post, he was forbidden to conduct classes in the museum. In September 1924 he died. But even after death, his remains were not destined to rest. Back in 1839, Diodor Burylin, together with other merchants, built a fellow-faith church of the Annunciation of the Virgin in Ivanovo. Nearby, at the Burylin family plot, D. G. Burylin was buried. In the 1960s, when the Church of the Annunciation and the cemetery were liquidated, the remains of Dmitry Gennadievich were transferred to the Balino cemetery, where they rest to this day.
Philanthropist and collector
During the life of D.G. Burylin enjoyed honor and respect in the city and did a lot for Ivanovo-Voznesensk himself. For 28 years in a row he was elected a member of the City Duma, since 1872 he held various positions in 57 city and public institutions. He was not interested in politics, he was neutral towards the parties, but he was a true patron and philanthropist. In 1883, the head of Ivanovo-Voznesensky informed Burylin that he had been elected to the commission for the construction of a new building for a real school; upon completion of construction, Burylin became his trustee. He was also among the trustees of a mechanical school, a women's gymnasium, a women's trade and vocational school, and a parochial school at the Assumption Church. For 37 years he headed the board of trustees of the Second Zemstvo School, for 21 years he was a member of the trusteeship of the school of colorists. In 1914, he was unanimously elected trustee of the parish school by the peasants of the village of Afanasovo. In 1900, Empress Maria Fedorovna appointed Dmitry Gennadievich an honorary member of the Shuya district guardianship of orphanages. For his activities and donations to the institutions of the Ministry of Education, Burylin was awarded a gold medal with the Stanislav Ribbon by imperial decree. In 1910, at his own expense, Dmitry Gennadievich built a boulevard on Aleksandrovskaya Street opposite his own house. For this, 224 lime trees and 1,000 hawthorn bushes were brought from Riga. The boulevard exists to this day and is called Lenin Avenue. In 1918, the D. G. Burylin Manufactory Association transferred 50 thousand rubles to the observatory and meteorological station fund. In the same year, everything was nationalized, Dmitry Gennadievich was left without a livelihood.
In 1912, the 100th anniversary of the industrial and social activities of the Burylin family was celebrated. Burylin marked this date by laying the foundation stone for the building of the future museum. The construction of the museum according to the project of the architect P.A. Trubnikov completed in 1915. At the same time, the low and damp bank of the Uvodi River was landscaped. The museum building houses a drawing school. In one of the best halls, Dmitry Gennadievich and his wife arranged a library and a reading room, for which 200 thousand rubles were donated. Burylin designed the museum building as a city landmark. He assigned a large role to the external decor of the building. Marble figures of ancient gods intended for its pediments were kept in wooden boxes until the end of construction. Wrought iron doors were ordered from the best craftsmen. From Italy they brought colored tiles and mosaics for the floor, marble for the main staircase. The building was equipped with an elevator and a clock built into the pediment with electric night lighting.
The beginning of the collection of Dmitry Gennadievich was laid by his grandfather Diodor. From the age of 14, Dmitry began to collect coins, weapons, and books himself. He collected during his life everything or almost everything that can be summed up under the concept of rarities. His collection during the lifetime of the collector largely determined the cultural life of Ivanovo-Voznesensk, and later became the catalyst for the creation of a whole family of museums and museum expositions that made Ivanovo one of the richest territories in Russia in this regard. Fascinated by collecting, experiencing the joy of owning not only antiques, Burylin somewhat naively, probably believed that his museum could become a repository that knows no boundaries. Hence the abundance of diverse items that made up his collection. Dmitry Gennadievich spent colossal funds on his collection, sometimes to the detriment of his family. To purchase items, he traveled to various cities in Russia, as well as to England, Austria, Germany, Greece, Egypt, Italy, Poland, Turkey, France, Finland, Belgium, Switzerland. In 1913, in Egypt, he even acquired an ancient mummy.
The ethnographic collections were very diverse, of which the Russian collection was the largest. The ethnographic collections included household items, dishes and utensils, clothes, hats, weapons, military equipment, tools and a huge collection of fabric samples (over a million), mostly locally produced, ranging from old hand-made heels of the 17th-18th centuries, fabrics and from Japan, China, Persia, Western Europe. The Department of East and Central Asia was of great value. The collection of objects of the Buddhist cult was unique - there was no such thing in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Already in 1885, the numismatic collection alone consisted of up to 100 thousand coins, orders and medals of the 16th-19th centuries from 236 states and cities. In 1883, Burylin was elected a full member of the Moscow Numismatic Society, a member of the geographical department of the Imperial Society of Natural Science, Anthropology and Ethnography at Moscow University, although he received only home education. One of the best in Russia was the Masonic collection. It contained the rarest Masonic signs of all countries, all Masonic lodges, symbolic clothes, manuscripts and books, weapons, keys, all items for knighting. The description of Burylin's Masonic collection was included in the two-volume edition Freemasonry in its past and present. Of great interest were the collections of: Russian and Western European smoking pipes; Russian metal inkwells of the 17th century; playing cards of various times - about 100 decks of Russian, Japanese, Chinese, French, German. Dmitry Gennadievich also collected icons, spiritual books, engravings, and porcelain. The sections of Russian, Eastern and Western European metal utensils of the 17th-19th centuries were significant; tiles of the 17th-19th centuries; silver filigree products of Russian work of the 19th century. The collection of clocks was interesting, which included wooden clocks with a wooden mechanism of Russian work, sand clocks, sun clocks, mantel clocks, table clocks, English work of the 18-19 centuries. The pride of the owner was the watch made in 1873 by the Parisian mechanic Albert Billet - a unique world-class watch: 95 dials showed astronomical, chronological and geographical time, the length of day and night, noted what time it was in London and Berlin, Paris and Lisbon, Moscow and St. Petersburg , Beijing and Bombay. The collection of fine arts (more than 500 canvases) contained works by Aivazovsky (cm. AIVAZOVSKY Ivan Konstantinovich), Vereshchagin (cm. VERESHCHAGIN Vasily Vasilievich), A. Benois (cm. Benois Alexander Nikolaevich), Makovsky (cm. MAKOVSKY Vladimir Egorovich), Polenova (cm. POLENOV Vasily Dmitrievich), Shishkina (cm. Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich), as well as Western European engravings.
The archaeological collection contained monuments of culture and art of Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt. The collection of early printed books and manuscripts was notable for its richness (The Apostle, 1564; The Psalter with engravings by Dürer, 1521). Dmitry Gennadievich collected works on jurisprudence, starting from the 16th-17th centuries, rare books of doctors of the 16th-18th centuries, ancient manuscripts. There were many manuscripts in the collection in Arabic, Persian, Tibetan, Armenian, Georgian, Sanskrit. D. G. Burylin met with L. N. Tolstoy, corresponded with him, on the day of the death of the great writer he was in Astapovo, brought from there the death mask of Tolstoy. In the Burylin Museum, many things were associated with Lev Nikolaevich (portraits, busts, photographs, publications about the great writer). Until 1919, Dmitry Gennadievich corresponded with Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya. The first collections of Burylin could be seen at an exhibition in Moscow organized in 1887-1888 by the Russian Historical Museum and the Anthropological Museum of Moscow University. Burylin donated a large pictorial portrait of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich to the Historical Museum, and a collection of manuscripts in 16 volumes to the Anthropological Museum. In 1891, at the Central Asian Exhibition in Moscow, which was also held in the Historical Museum, a collection of Asian and Oriental coins was exhibited, which drew the attention of Emperor Alexander III. Dmitry Gennadievich organized the first exhibition from the "collection of antiquities and rarities" in Ivanovo-Voznesensk in April 1903.
Even before the revolution, Burylin transferred the museum to the full ownership of the city, so formally it did not have to be nationalized. In the 1920s, the Masonic part was transferred from the Burylin collection to the Hermitage. In the 1930s, more than half of the oriental collection went to the Moscow Museum of Oriental Cultures. After the Great Patriotic War, the archaeological part of the collection was transferred to Kherson and Kerch. In Ivanovo, from the remains of the Burylin collection, three museums were organized: local history, art and a museum of Ivanovo chintz, and the library, about 60 thousand books, became the basis of the city public library. In the post-Soviet years, the State Association of Local History Museums of the city of Ivanovo was named after D.G. Burylin.
Dmitry Gennadievich wanted to write a book on the history of the city of Ivanovo-Voznesensk, he collected a lot of factual material, in particular, on the history of the textile industry in the region. In 1911, to compile the book, an agreement was concluded with the historian-archaeologist, court adviser, full member of the statistical committees and scientific archival commissions of many provinces of Russia, Ivan Fedorovich Tokmakov, the author of interesting and detailed historical descriptions of villages, cities, monasteries, churches, factories, plants in Russia . Burylin also corresponded with I.V. Tsvetaev, a native of the Vladimir region. To work on the book, Dmitry Gennadievich attracted many people - scientists, historians, philologists from Moscow, Ivanovo artists and scientists. But only Tokmakov was a real helper. The book was supposed to be published in 1915, but the idea was never realized.

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 of 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 ancient pistols and cannons to death masks of 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 there is Burylin's library, which in its best years contained more than 10 thousand 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

D. G. Burylin carefully kept a sheet of paper with a record of his grandfather. “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 only in pure souls. In vain the vain and perverted world tries to make it ridiculous, its danger is preferable to the misfortunes that follow a vice that is disgusting to it. 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.”

Twelve-year-old Dmitry put this sheet in his student calligraphy notebook, making a note on it about his understanding of grandfather's words: “Written for science to Gennady Diodorovich Burylin. This was signed personally by Grandfather Diodorus and should be kept.”

It was really something to remember. There are many places in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, one way or another connected with the name of Diodor Burylin. He was directly involved in the founding of Voznesensky Posad, took part in the construction of shopping malls, the Dmitrievsky bridge and in the creation of a folk theater.

In 1871, the village of Ivanovo and Voznesensky Posad were merged into the city of Ivanovo-Voznesensk, which became part of the Shuisky district of the Vladimir province.

By religion, the Burylins were Old Believers, but Diodor in 1825 switched to the same faith, while receiving the name Diodor instead of Fedor. Being a very religious person, at his own expense and with the help of some Shuya, Ivanovo, Suzdal, Yuryevets merchants in 1839, he built a church in the village of Ivanovo in honor of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos. Nearby was the family Burylinskoe cemetery (now it is the territory of the Ivanovo car repair plant).

Later, a bell tower of 40 sazhens was built here. Thanks to the donations of parishioners, the temple was richly decorated. In 1857, Diodor Andreevich, together with the merchant I. A. Baburin, built two stone one-story houses for elderly poor people - almshouses - near the Church of the Annunciation - and maintained them (in 1970, the church and the cemetery were destroyed in connection with the construction of a new factory building - another heavy a blow to the memory of the Burylins, another irreparable loss).

The personal qualities of Diodor Andreevich - intelligence, energy, enterprise and impeccable honesty - aroused the respect of all who knew him. A curious testimony about him was preserved in the "Memorial Book" of the peasant of the village of Ivanov, Abram Filippovich Polushin, published by his grandson N. Ya. Polushin in the "Russian Archive" for 1898:

“With love, we dwell on the last name of the last person (D. A. Burylina). No one devoted himself so readily to public service as D. A. Burylin, and no one was so strict about his actions as that meek, honest and gentle person.

And he was also skilled in everything: he could work as a printer and carver, and painter - he learned all these crafts from his grandfather and father. The State Archive of the Ivanovo Region keeps the recipe of D. A. Burylin - the “colorful secrets” of scarf heels, as well as photographs of fabric samples produced at his factory.

The large family of his unlucky son Gennady caused a lot of anxiety to the grandfather. Occupied with production and trade, he was forced to take care of the upbringing of young grandchildren and granddaughters. In this he was helped by his wife Evdokia Mikhailovna, who was distinguished by kindness and diligence. Grandfather Diodor had special hopes for boys, from childhood he tried to bring Nikolai and Dmitry closer to the textile business, which, however, also met the interests of his grandchildren, who willingly came to the factory and got acquainted with production.

Diodor Andreevich was a literate and, for those times, even an educated person. He liked to read and had a small library. He subscribed to the newspapers "Manufactory and Mining News", "Bulletin of Europe" and even "Repertoire of the Russian Theater". He received the magazines Manufactory and Trade, Sovremennik, General Useful Information. In the 1950s, he corresponded with the famous Moscow archimandrite Savva, who, as a sign of sincere respect, sent Diodor Andreevich his books.

He also collected old books of the church press of the 17th century, old coins and rare things, which he called treasures and carefully kept in a special room of his house. Dmitry often asked to show him these treasures, examined them with great interest and listened attentively to the stories of Diodor Andreevich about the things he had collected. By the way, grandmother Evdokia Mikhailovna noticed her grandson's craving for collecting and in 1864 gave Dmitry all the grandfather's rarities.

The life of Diodor Andreevich ended tragically. Since it was impossible to rely on the son of Gennady, he had to do things himself, although with age this became more and more difficult. At the age of 70, he again began to travel to fairs with goods, which at that time was unsafe. They had to ride horses through the forests, where robber gangs often operated. On the way to Rostov, to the fair, on February 22, 1860, Diodor Andreevich Burylin was robbed and killed.

With business acumen and dedication, Dmitry went to his grandfather.

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