The Gadalovs are well-known merchants and manufacturers that significantly influenced the life of the Yeniseysk Governorate. The head of this dynasty was Gerasim Gadalov (1804-1876), a peasant serf from the village of Ryabitsy in the Sannikov volost of the Kovrov district of the Vladimir governorate, who, having accumulated the necessary amount, managed to buy his freedom and start his own business. Although, according to the researcher of the Gadalov dynasty Leonid Kiselyov, Gerasim Gadalov became free for his diligent service from the landowner Alexander Shakhovsky, for whom he served as a headman. Then, on January 28, 1857, Gerasim was first registered in the remuneration book and journal of the Kovrov Treasury Chamber under the name of Gadalov as a member of the III Merchant Guild.
At first, Gadalov sold gold and silver jewelry in Kansk, and in 1853 he founded his own trading company. In the 1870s, he and his family moved to Krasnoyarsk and began selling wine. He was also engaged in gold mining and organized food delivery to the mines.
His sons bore the title of hereditary honorary citizens and continued their father’s work. In 1881, Ivan Gerasimovich Gadalov founded a jewelry store, and by the beginning of the 20th century, he owned 14 large retail outlets in Tomsk, Kansk, Yeniseisk, where food products, textiles, and basic necessities were sold. Nikolai Gerasimovich Gadalov was interested in city real estate, which he bought and resold.
The trading company of Gadalov and his sons united all its enterprises in Siberia with its headquarters in Moscow. Its total trade turnover in 1903 was more than 2 million rubles. The Gadalovs were also engaged in social work and were patrons of art. For example, Ivan Gerasimovich Gadalov became an honorary trustee of a men’s secondary school in Krasnoyarsk, an orphanage for children whose parents were arrested, and a life member of the Russian Red Cross Society. Nikolai Gerasimovich Gadalov served as the headman of the Church of the Intercession in Krasnoyarsk and was also the director of the Krasnoyarsk Governorate Committee of the Prison Society of Trustees.
In addition, the family contributed fifty thousand rubles for the construction of the premises of the Krasnoyarsk Men’s Gymnasium, printed their scientific works with their own money, and donated five thousand rubles for the construction of the Krasnoyarsk women’s School.
Ivan and Nikolai were replaced by their sons: Peter, Nikolai, and Alexander, who were also engaged in trade. Nikolai became one of the founders of the ‘Siberian Joint-Stock Shipping Company on the Yenisei, Ob and Irtysh Rivers’ and was actively engaged in charity work. Peter founded the Krasnoyarsk Art School, as he had been fond of painting in his youth. He was also the first to join the committee for the perpetuation of the memory of the artist Vasily Surikov and did a lot to popularize his legacy.
At first, Gadalov sold gold and silver jewelry in Kansk, and in 1853 he founded his own trading company. In the 1870s, he and his family moved to Krasnoyarsk and began selling wine. He was also engaged in gold mining and organized food delivery to the mines.
His sons bore the title of hereditary honorary citizens and continued their father’s work. In 1881, Ivan Gerasimovich Gadalov founded a jewelry store, and by the beginning of the 20th century, he owned 14 large retail outlets in Tomsk, Kansk, Yeniseisk, where food products, textiles, and basic necessities were sold. Nikolai Gerasimovich Gadalov was interested in city real estate, which he bought and resold.
The trading company of Gadalov and his sons united all its enterprises in Siberia with its headquarters in Moscow. Its total trade turnover in 1903 was more than 2 million rubles. The Gadalovs were also engaged in social work and were patrons of art. For example, Ivan Gerasimovich Gadalov became an honorary trustee of a men’s secondary school in Krasnoyarsk, an orphanage for children whose parents were arrested, and a life member of the Russian Red Cross Society. Nikolai Gerasimovich Gadalov served as the headman of the Church of the Intercession in Krasnoyarsk and was also the director of the Krasnoyarsk Governorate Committee of the Prison Society of Trustees.
In addition, the family contributed fifty thousand rubles for the construction of the premises of the Krasnoyarsk Men’s Gymnasium, printed their scientific works with their own money, and donated five thousand rubles for the construction of the Krasnoyarsk women’s School.
Ivan and Nikolai were replaced by their sons: Peter, Nikolai, and Alexander, who were also engaged in trade. Nikolai became one of the founders of the ‘Siberian Joint-Stock Shipping Company on the Yenisei, Ob and Irtysh Rivers’ and was actively engaged in charity work. Peter founded the Krasnoyarsk Art School, as he had been fond of painting in his youth. He was also the first to join the committee for the perpetuation of the memory of the artist Vasily Surikov and did a lot to popularize his legacy.
