Eliseev Empire from its origins Bashny.Net

It's hard to find someone who would not know, would not hear about the "delicious" country store with mellifluous name - "Yeliseyev».
Since childhood, from the beginning of the 70s, I remember this absolutely fantastic aroma of coffee, chocolate, something still very tasty ...

And of course, everyone knew that this palace (the store to call it not dare) in honor of the former owner - the merchant Eliseev, as officially it is called Deli №1. (Tell me, why not call the Hermitage museum №1?)





Did you know that at the time of nationalization (expropriation) company "Eliseev Brothers" had a glorious century history?
However, and Deli №1 had a big story - its director Yuri Sokolov for embezzlement in a large scale, was sentenced to death. It is significant - of the times, O mores!

But, back to basics. It turns out that the famous all over Russia "Yeliseyev" shop could easily be called differently - "Kasatkinsky" if not for the love of sons to their father, who by his example and precepts taught them diligence and brought to the people. In the glorification of his name is not genuine - Kasatkina, and they called the name of the priest based their case on a common name: "Association Eliseev brothers." And grandchildren consolidated Dedovo name in the memory of Russia, handing over half a century the name of the two stores, the most luxurious in the entire state and it seems like twins - in St. Petersburg and Moscow. And the third - in Kiev ...

It all started with Count Sheremetev. His serfs were Kasatkina and head of the family, Peter worked Eliseevich Kasatkin Count gardener. According to legend, the famous extravagant actions Count Sheremetev, stricken with fresh strawberries, brought by a skilled gardener in winter cold, said: "Ask what you want!»

So Peter Eliseevich Kasatkin received his freedom and began an amazing, spectacular career, which was picked up by his relatives - brother, Gregory, the sons ...

Trade went up the hill, oranges, overseas fruit, tobacco, and Peter Eliseevich, leaving Gregory on the farm, went to distant Spain, then to Portugal, on the island of Madeira. There he develops intense activity, is studying the technology of cooking wine, open stores, and improving the supply of the best wines directly to St. Petersburg.
The company is thriving, and suddenly ... dying before they reach 50 years in 1825.

But, the case is developing and leading role goes to his middle son Grigory Petrovich.

In 1873, when at the head of affairs was Grigory Petrovich (have a valid state councilor and transparent City Council), he presented his collection in Vienna wines and received an honorary degree in London - Gold Medal.



A successor of the glorious deeds have become the son of Gregory Petrovich - Grigory Yeliseyev.

That's when it reached its apogee company in its development, it was he who opened the most-most famous shop on Tverskaya Street, and it was he who was the last owner of the famous company ...



On the 100th anniversary of the left photo booklet with a very eloquent images.







And then came a fine summer day in 1901, which was appointed as the solemn service in honor of the "Shop Eliseev and cellars Russian and foreign wines." By morning dismantled a wooden box, and full of curiosity audience gasped when she saw the magnificent facade, and after the huge gleaming clean windows - luxury interior decoration shop: tall, with two floors, living room, hanging from the ceiling, magnificent crystal chandeliers, ceiling and walls decorated with fabulous decor . Shop really seemed to come out of "1001 Nights».











Among those who entered the kingdom through gourmet carpeted Kozitskii lane was all Moscow nobility headed by a military governor-general (the son of Emperor Alexander II) Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and his wife, vowels City Duma. A variety of wine, gastronomy, colonial goods defied description. About all you can ask gallant clerks respectfully respondents to the various customer questions.

Coffees were so many that Muscovites lost what coffee to buy - Arabian or Abyssinian, West Indian or Mexican. Clerks inclined to believe that all aromatic coffee from South America, or at least from Central. Then they drank coffee in Russia a few. On one inhabitant had barely one hundred grams per year in England at that time, we drank five times more, but then who really enjoyed the flavorful drink, it's the Dutch - 81 times more than the Russians.

In Russia was a popular tea. And Yeliseyev Grocery Store offers a wide selection of teas from China, Japan, India, Ceylon. Connoisseurs prefer to buy from "Yeliseyev" tea from Java.

The complex bouquet of aromas Eliseevsky shop created spices: fragrant in the corner of his nest lovely bottles of vanilla, cloves, cardamom, saffron, cinnamon, nutmeg ...











The three halls of the store had five departments: dining, sparkling crystal bottles and all kinds of "Baccarat" colonial goods, groceries, confectionery, and the most extensive - fruit. An exceptionally appetizing pastries were - big and small cakes or little "ladies 'cakes' (petit fours), which is good to treat companion, passing by Eliseevsky. This quietly lured shoppers into the store's future: getting pleasure from food, the lady noticed and other products that it suddenly becomes necessary to his desk ... Cakes baked in their own bakery in the yard and if it kept warm. They did not touch the cold glacier - it is well kept, but does not add flavor. Dozens of varieties of sausages produced in their sausage is also in the courtyard, which once cleared Malkiel ...







Moscow and appreciated novelty: mushrooms from France - truffles. They certainly pricey, but very suited for a formal dinner. A anchovies? So beautiful word called a little smoked, salted fish special, brown on the back, with a silver belly. Looking for enthusiastic people, who appreciated its taste and scope, Grigory quietly but pointedly smiled because it was preparing to surprise the audience with something even more significant.

































At Grigory Yeliseyev had five sons, and he is proud of them. And yet he had a favorite daughter, and homemakers - the mother of his children, his wife, Maria Andreevna.

And suddenly in the family scandal. About him talking all who knew and did not know Eliseev. Great misfortune happened. Grigory's wife, fifty, Maria Andreevna, of a kind known merchants Durdin suddenly committed suicide - hung on his own spit ...

It was October 1, 1914. And soon learned the reason: Eliseev Millionaire long been secretly loved Vera Fyodorovna Vasilyev, married young lady (she was younger Grigory almost twenty years). Someone denounced sons rumor reached their mother, and she could not bear the shame.



It turned out to monstrous sons circumstance: October 26, just three weeks after the death of his wife, Grigory, who had just celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, married in Bahmut culprit with a family tragedy. Against this background, the highest command to bring in the first, the most honorable, some aristocratic pedigree books new wife - Vera Fyodorovna they perceived as an insult to his dead mother. Recently, even a friendly big family disintegrated. In the house of his father stayed only younger - daughter Masha, who was the fifteenth year. The brothers have vowed to take his father Masha.

Grigory knowing strong character sons - he himself was the same - has hired bodyguards. They accompanied the girl to school, walking with bonnoy, sitting in the stairwell, we strolled around the clock near the deserted luxury home.

At this time, the brothers made a cunning plan kidnappings and completed it successfully. At the turn of the street, when Masha bored with her bodyguards returned in a carriage home from school, there was a clash: some scorcher, like a blind man, ran directly to the carriage. The guards only for a moment jumped out of the crew to deal with insolent, as immediately jumped out of the entrance of the house hired fellows picked up the girl and locked the door behind him. Log into the house no one was allowed - private property. The police came, and soon arrived and he Grigory, but it is now a hereditary nobleman, the head of the St. Petersburg merchants, the permanent vowel City Council, a man with connections in high places, the rich and powerful, it was not possible to return his daughter.

Then the Revolution broke out. In 1918, Gregory G. confiscated all the property and, of course, favorite shops in Moscow, Petrograd, Kiev, and the chocolate factory "New Bavaria" ... Grigory went to France. He died in 1949 at the ripe old age - 84 years old, having survived his wife for three years. They are buried in the cemetery of Saint Genevieve de Bois ...

Differently developed zhzn sons Grigory Yeliseyev.

Senior, Grigory, became a surgeon. After the Revolution he left Russia, for which he paid with his life: after the story of the murder of Kirov him with his brother Peter G., also remained in Russia in 1934 was sent to Ufa, where in December 1937, was arrested and condemned on Articles 58 -10 and 58-11 (counter-revolutionary activities and propaganda), quickly shot.

Most successfully developed the life of Sergei G.. As early as 1917, he was a renowned scientist Japanologists, diplomat and assistant professor at the University of Petrograd. In 1920 he managed to swim to the boat from St. Petersburg to Finland, where he moved first to France and then to the United States.

And the very Masha Yeliseyev lived a long life and died in the late sixties. Her first husband Captain Gleb Nikolaevich Andreev-solid was shot by the Bolsheviks as a hostage in the second half of 1918.

That was the end of the famous dynasty Eliseev, and only their name still sounds loud because people still breathless walk into this fabulous palace store!



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