from tyumen, you knew that, hmm, legendary names. merchants andrei tekutyev, vasily zhernakov, prokopiy podaruevand ponen. until now, the city has preserved many merchant mansions, decorated with rich wooden carvings. these houses are now like monuments to their owners, silently telling about the peculiarities of merchant life in tyumen in the 19th century. it turns out that tyumen house carving is a unique craft. not only does it have no analogue in the world, it is also speaking. the translator from her language this time was... svyatoslav shitov, a hereditary master of wood carving, restorer, and local historian. stanislav has been in business since he was 7 years old. and it was then, at his request, that his father gave first grader's first carving tools. now svyatoslav not only teaches children himself, but also works as a woodcarver, he conducts excursions around his hometown, and together with his father vadim makarich, he gives new life to ancient mansions, restoring platbands, studying their drawing history, as well as the meaning of each image. a master’s knife cuts wood like clockwor