Makaryev's Fair ( Nizhny Novgorod Fair later) was the greatest Trade Fair in Imperial Russia.

Makaryev's Trade  Fair (Makarevskaya Jarmarka) was the Greatest Trade Fair in Russia held annually every July near Makaryev Monastery on the left bank of the Volga River from the mid-16th century to 1816. Following a massive fire in 1816, it was moved to Nizhny Novgorod, but for some decades thereafter it still was commonly referred to as Makariev Trade  Fair. It attracted many foreign merchants all over the World.

This is SketchUp model of the main building of NNTF.

The Nizhny Novgorod (former Makarevchkaya)Trade Fair  (NNTF) (1824).

I will quote below what  was written  about   Nizhny Novgorod Fair in 19^th century   by well-known American writer Suzanne Massie  in her remarkable book “ Land of Firebird - The Beauty of Old Russia”. Mr.  Irwin Well   wrote about this book in Chicago Tribune “ It stuns the reader with the richness, variety, and beauty of East Slavic creativity.”  

Attempt of stealing of 320,000 rubles (800,000.00 US dollars) from the Moscow branch of the Siberian Trade Bank in January 1917.

I worked as  the trustee of the Moscow Branch of the Siberian Trade Bank in 1917-1918. The office of Moscow Branch of our Bank was on Ilinka Street.

See the post: My work in the Moscow office of The Siberian Trade Bank  in the vicinity of famous building of The Moscow Exchange.
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I worked  hard and was very honest, careful  and diligent  employee.
   I prevented the fabrication of  the   falsified check for 320 thousand rubles (800,000.00 US dollars)  in January 1917.

There was an article about this incident in the Bulletin of the Moscow city hall and the Metropolitan Police on February 1, 1917 № 26

My work on the St. Petersburg Stock and Commodity Exchange, and the history of the St.Petersburg Exchange on Basil Island.

You can look at SketchUp model of The Old Saint Petersburg  Exchange  by following  this link:

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While working at the  Siberian Trade Bank  at Nevsky Prospekt, 44 I have often had to visit the St. Petersburg;s Stock and Commodity Exchange.

The history of Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg (This is the street on which I reached my Siberien Trade Bank (Nevsky, 44) every day from Nicholas Railroad Station).

Nevsky Avenue (Prospect) is the main street in the city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Planned by Peter the Great as beginning of the road to Novgorod and Moscow, the avenue runs from the Admiralty to the Moscow Railway Station and, after making a turn at Vosstaniya Square, to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
The chief sights include the  Stroganov Palace, the huge neoclassical Kazan Cathedral, 

This is SketchUp 3D model of the  Kazan Cathedral.

the Art Nouveau Bookhouse (Dom Knigi), Elisseeff Emporium, half a dozen of 18th-century churches, a monument to Catherine the Great,  the Anichkov Bridge with its horse statues and much more. The feverish life of the avenue was described by Nikolai Gogol in his story "Nevsky Prospekt". Fyodor Dostoevsky often employed the Nevksy Prospekt as a setting within his works, such as "Crime and Punishment" and "The Double: A Petersburg Poem".

The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia was the official residence of Russian monarchs from 1732 to 1917.

The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia was the official residence of Russian monarchs from 1732 to 1917. It is Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square. 

You can look at SketchUp model of  The Winter Palace. 3D model   is located at this link:  http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=6d399a19103c75b7f63c51170ab64ef3&prevstart=0 

My work in St. Petersburg in the Siberian Commercial Bank on Nevsky Prospect, 44.

I was hired in the Siberian Commercial Bank in 1915 after the graduation  from the  Mathematical Department  of the St. Petersburg Imperial University in 1913.

This is SketchUp model of the Siberian Commercial Bank on Nevsky 44  now. (2012).

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I have already had the experience of working in  the bank. I worked as  the Assistant of the  Head of Department at the Central Bank of  the Credit Unions System. I was  entitled to  sign all finansial documents. This bank was a part of the Credit Unions System of the the Russian Empire. I worked there for three years (1913-1915). This bank was on Nevsky Prospect 59-61 in St. Petersburg too.
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     Anfisa Antonovna  Kramskaya  started to service at the Central Bank of  the Credit Unions System of the Russian Empire on Nevsky Prospect, 59.

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This is the photo of me on my working  place at the Siberian Commercial Bank (1915).