The Uglich Museum houses a vivid portrait of Nadezhda Andreyevna Surina — the second wife of Pavel Surin who came from a family of merchants. The portrait was painted by the Uglich artist Ivan Vasilyevich Tarkhanov.
In December 1844, Pavel Matveyevich Surin became a widower and mourned his “Avdotya Mitrovna” sincerely. However, he did not stay single for long. The next March, he decided to remodel the house, and at the end of the month, he went to the town of Korchev to ask the merchant Ushatov for the hand of his daughter. In his diary, Surin wrote,
In December 1844, Pavel Matveyevich Surin became a widower and mourned his “Avdotya Mitrovna” sincerely. However, he did not stay single for long. The next March, he decided to remodel the house, and at the end of the month, he went to the town of Korchev to ask the merchant Ushatov for the hand of his daughter. In his diary, Surin wrote,