preserved, and these exhibits, well, yes, were lucky, the tyumen merchant and philanthropist nikolai chukmaldincollection and then donated it to the city. hey, current merchants, where are you? in general, the tyumyan merchants of the 19th century were a unique phenomenon, out of 68 russian merchants of the first guild, 30 were from tyumen, you knew that, hmm, legendary names. merchants andrei tekutyev, vasily zhernakov, prokopiy podaruev are remembered in tyumen and 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