This is a cast iron tombstone from the grave of Lieutenant Alexey Zubov, a follower of Vasily Tatishchev, the Superintendent of plants in the Urals. It is the only remaining gravestone of an officer of the first half of the 18th century. An epitaph with a short description of the lieutenant’s life is engraved on the tombstone.
Gravestone of Lieutenant A.E. Zubov
Creation period
1744
Dimensions
187x79x2,8 cm
187x79x2.8 cm
187x79x2.8 cm
Technique
Cast iron
Exhibition
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Gravestone of Lieutenant A.E. Zubov
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Alexey Zubov was born in Tver in 1676. In 1700, he joined the infantry regiment as a soldier in Vyatka and 16 years later, he became a sub-lieutenant. Alexey Zubov served under the command of count Pyotr Sheremetev and participated in many battles during the war with Sweden. He was awarded for his military service and received a plot of land in the Uglich Region (current the Yaroslav Region). In December 1729, he was appointed an assistant of Vasily Tatishchev, a historian, economist, and a public official.
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In the autumn of 1734, Vasily Tatishchev and his several followers went to the Urals. Empress Anna Ioannovna organized this trip to develop mining industry and increase the production of copper and gold.
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Personal seal of A.E. Zubov. (S. 56. Korepanov N. S. For seven seals. Yekaterinburg, 1998)
Alexey Zubov was one of the assistances of the superintendent of plants in the Urals. Later he became the chief of the police in Ekaterinburg and a member of the Administrative Office of the Main Branch of mining plants in Siberia, Kazan and Orenburg. Alexey Zubov considers one of the architects of Ekaterinburg of that time. He managed the construction of Vasily Tatishchev’s ‘Suburban Chief’s House’ on Voznesenskaya Gorka. The house was pulled down and currently it is the historical center of Ekaterinburg. Alexey Zubov participated in the development of metal industry in the Urals, he was the manager of the Polevskoy Copper Smelting Plant when it was launched.
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In 1953, the gravestone of Alexey Zubov was found on Anton Valek Street in Ekaterinburg. It was found accidentally during construction works. The tombstone was 10 cm under earth and covered a water drainage system. In 1955, the tombstone was brought to the museum. The portrait of Alexey Zubov has not survived to this day, however, the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts in Moscow has a ‘skazka’ (a written official declaration made under oath) of this officer. It is a document with a military man’s service record.
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In Alexey Zubin’s skazka it is written:
‘He has two sons, they live in his house, and he has land in the Uglich Region. He has twelve house serves. He knows nobody who is fleeing from performing one’s duties. He has never been found guilty or punished publically. If he has told a lie, he will be punished according to the military legislation.’
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O. E. Kler Sverdlovsk State Regional Ethnography Museum
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Gravestone of Lieutenant A.E. Zubov
Creation period
1744
Dimensions
187x79x2,8 cm
187x79x2.8 cm
187x79x2.8 cm
Technique
Cast iron
Exhibition
4
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