The picture presented in the Decembrists in Yalutorovsk exhibit depicts portraits of the Decembrist Nikolai Vasilyevich Basargin and his wife Olga Ivanovna. The artist Gennady Ratanov made recreated from two photographs by an unknown photographer of the late 19th century.
Nikolai Basargin was born into a noble family in the Vladimir province. In 1825, when the Decembrists came out to the Senate Square, Basargin was not among them: his wife had died the day before and Basargin himself was unable to walk due to worry and remained on his estate in the Vladimir province. However, he was also arrested and taken to Saint Petersburg for sentencing. Despite the circumstances and the report submitted by Basargin that he did not participate in the uprising, he was convicted and sent to Siberia for 20 years of hard labor. After serving his hard labor, Basargin got a job as a clerk in the Omsk court. It was in Omsk that he met the merchant’s widow Olga Medvedeva, the sister of chemist Dmitry Mendeleev. They got married in 1847 and moved to Yalutorovsk, where Medvedeva owned her own factory.
Olga Mendeleeva married the Yalutorovsk merchant Medvedev at the age of seventeen. The Mendeleevs’ mother, Marya Dmitrievna, called him a kind and smart son-in-law. He was well acquainted with the Decembrist Ivan Yakushkin, was engaged in the organization of a parish school for boys in Yalutorovsk, and was one of the first to open a glass factory. Ivan Petrovich Medvedev died suddenly on January 4, 1842.
Basargin, active and energetic by nature, sought to use his forces outside the service. He studied the local area, collected materials on the Old Believers of Western Siberia and the construction of the railway from Tyumen to Perm. Observations of local Siberians are full of altruism and respect for their work. The Decembrist knew Siberia well and proved that it needed efficient and enterprising people capable of discovering and bringing to light the wealth of the region. Nikolai Vasilievich was actively involved in the educational activities carried out by the Decembrists living in Yalutorovsk. The Basargin family brought up Pelageya, the daughter of the Decembrist Nikolai Mozgalevsky. When the Decembrists were allowed to leave the settlement, the Basargin family left the city last. This took place in the beginning of 1857.
Nikolai Basargin was born into a noble family in the Vladimir province. In 1825, when the Decembrists came out to the Senate Square, Basargin was not among them: his wife had died the day before and Basargin himself was unable to walk due to worry and remained on his estate in the Vladimir province. However, he was also arrested and taken to Saint Petersburg for sentencing. Despite the circumstances and the report submitted by Basargin that he did not participate in the uprising, he was convicted and sent to Siberia for 20 years of hard labor. After serving his hard labor, Basargin got a job as a clerk in the Omsk court. It was in Omsk that he met the merchant’s widow Olga Medvedeva, the sister of chemist Dmitry Mendeleev. They got married in 1847 and moved to Yalutorovsk, where Medvedeva owned her own factory.
Olga Mendeleeva married the Yalutorovsk merchant Medvedev at the age of seventeen. The Mendeleevs’ mother, Marya Dmitrievna, called him a kind and smart son-in-law. He was well acquainted with the Decembrist Ivan Yakushkin, was engaged in the organization of a parish school for boys in Yalutorovsk, and was one of the first to open a glass factory. Ivan Petrovich Medvedev died suddenly on January 4, 1842.
Basargin, active and energetic by nature, sought to use his forces outside the service. He studied the local area, collected materials on the Old Believers of Western Siberia and the construction of the railway from Tyumen to Perm. Observations of local Siberians are full of altruism and respect for their work. The Decembrist knew Siberia well and proved that it needed efficient and enterprising people capable of discovering and bringing to light the wealth of the region. Nikolai Vasilievich was actively involved in the educational activities carried out by the Decembrists living in Yalutorovsk. The Basargin family brought up Pelageya, the daughter of the Decembrist Nikolai Mozgalevsky. When the Decembrists were allowed to leave the settlement, the Basargin family left the city last. This took place in the beginning of 1857.
