The exhibition presents a copy of Friedrich Aderman’s photo. The original is stored in The State Archive of the Tula region. The original photo was taken in Tula, in the photo studio of Semyon Kanter, in 1890.
In 1890, Aderman defended his dissertation in microbiology at the University of Dorpat and received a master’s degree in pharmacy. He returned to Tula and married Olga, the youngest daughter of Belyavsky. In their marriage, they had four sons: Erich, Felix, Voldemar Richard, and Georg Ferdinand, but only two younger ones lived to adulthood.
At the pharmacy, Aderman first worked as a senior pharmacist, and then as a manager. He also served as a pharmacist of the medical department of the Tula provincial government, was engaged in the forensic chemical examination. Aderman was fond of photography: there are many pictures that he took in the interiors of the Tula house, in the apothecary’s garden, at the dacha (country house) in Kozlovaya Zaseka. His photos depict family, friends, neighbors, servants.
Aderman was also fond of astronomy, watching the stars with his telescope installed in the attic of the ‘Old Tula Pharmacy’. He was a member of the Berlin Astronomical Society, constantly corresponding with scientists in Berlin, Riga, and Yalta, and exchanging observations with the heads of local observatories.
When Friedrich Aderman wanted to retire due to illness in 1914, he was advised to wait until fall. He was to be promoted to a full State Counselor: together with this rank, a title of nobility was given in Russia, which could be handed down. However, Aderman died in the spring of 1914, without having been promoted. He was buried in the Lutheran section of the Cemetery of All Saints.
