The illegal print shop in Kursk. I base the party of the Socialist Revolutionaries in Kursk in 1903

Revolutionary and information activities of political parties in Russia have increased significantly in 1900-1907.

I was a student of Mathematics Department of  St. Petersburg Imperial University in this period.  I was a student of   Kiev’s  Imperial University of St. Vladimir in 1898-1900 too.

Visiting  of the University was not necessary for students.  We have established the timetable of visiting our classes  ourselves. The students  could not visit there university  over the years.  I had not practical classes on my Department  of  Mathematics in St. Petersburg.

I was in Kursk every summer during  the vacation time and sometimes in the winter too.

Some members of our family in front of our house in Kursk . 

 Me  ( Adrian Fedorovich Timofeev) is   on the right.

I tried to do revolutionary work  during  the  vacation time    in my homeland in Kursk.

There was not  large-scale industry  in Kursk in that period and  there were only certain groups of workers.  Our work was  primarily for revolutionizing  of the peasant masses.

I found  a hectograph and started  the  printing of  the proclamations.

I putted up printed  proclamations throughout the city on the houses and fences myself.

I  sent out some of the  printed proclamations  to the factories and villages. 

I printed the proclamations without changing my  handwriting. I ordered a special big round seal  for greater credibility. It was  engraved on this seal:

 “"Everybody can  find  there rights in the struggle . The Kursk Regional  Committee of the Party of Socialist-Revolutionaries”.

Although the entire committee and the entire party in Kursk consisted of a single person, myself! 

Znamensky Monastery in Kursk (1905).

                             The Triumphal Arch on Moscow street in Kursk (1900).

                                                    The Moscow street in Kursk (1910).

This information is taken from the diary of Adrian Fedorovich Timofeev (1882-1954) – the mathematician, socialist, revolutionary, financier and banker.

The full text of diary is on :

opentextnn.ru/history/familisarchives/Timofeyevs_family_Archives/Adrian_Timo

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.”  

Anfisa Antonovna Kramskaya started to service at the Central Bank of the Credit Unions System of the Russian Empire on Nevsky Prospect, 59.

My bride Miss Anfisa Antonovna  Kramskaya  graduated from Bestuzhev Courses in 1913 and started to work in St. Petersburg in  the Central Bank of  the Credit Unions System on  Nevsky Prospect 59.

This is Google Earth 3D model of 59, Nevsky Prospect  before reconstruction in 2010.
This bank was a part of the Credit Unions System of the the Russian Empire.

The  Credit Unions System of  the Russian Empire started to work on 29 March 1864.

The total turnover for the first year was 20.5 million rubles. In the  next sixth year of the  activity  of the   Credit Unions System of the Russian Empire (1869) turnover reached 1.069.66 million rubles.

My bride Miss Anfisa Antonovna Kramskaya graduated from Bestuzhev Courses in 1913 and started to work in Commercial Bank in St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospekt 59.

       My bride Miss Anfisa Antonovna  Kramskaya  graduated from  Bestuzhev Courses in 1913 and started to work in Commercial Bank in St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospekt 59.

      The Bestuzhev Courses  were the largest and most prominent women's higher education institution in Imperial Russia. 

The institute opened its doors in 1878. It was named after Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin, the first Director. The most famouse  professors  of the Bestuzhev Courses were   Alexander Borodin, Faddei Zielinski, Dmitry Mendeleyev, Ivan Sechenov, and Sergey Platonov. A building for Bestuzhev Courses on the 10th line of Vasilevsky Island  was built in 1885 on a draft of Academician of  Architecture A. Krasovsky. 

Bestuzhev courses in St. Petersburg. 1878-1918

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).