Gubonin, Peter Ionovich

Born in 1825 in the village of Borisovo, Fedosynsky volost, Kolomensky district, Moscow province, in a mason's family.

He began working as a bricklayer, was engaged in contracts for stone work. Subsequently, together with engineer Sadovsky, he received a contract for the construction of stone bridges of the Moscow-Kursk Railway ; Then he participated in the construction of the Oryol-Vitebsk ^[1] , Gryaz-Tsaritsynskaya , Lozovo-Sevastopol , Ural , Gornozavod , Baltic and other railways.

Together with V. A. Kokorev, he created the Baku Oil Society , the Northern Insurance Society . I also bought the famous Gurzuf estate in Crimea , started extensive winemaking there and sought to make it a European resort. Gubonin in Gurzuf built the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Gubonin also took a close part in the construction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow and many other charitable projects. At the expense of Gubonin, the Komissarov technical school was built in Moscow, financed the construction of the Polytechnic Museum .

In Tver, at his expense, the building of a theological seminary was built ^[2] .

For his work in the work of the Russian Technical Society, Gubonin received the title of Commerce Advisor .

The nobility was given to him "in return of donations from 1870 - 1872 , for the arrangement and provision of the polytechnic exhibition in Moscow, which was in that year, and in consideration for his desire to contribute to the public good with his works and property." At the exhibition, Gubonin headed the railway department.

After the construction of the Sevastopol road, in 1875, Gubonin became a real state adviser , which gave hereditary nobility to his sons - Sergey and Nikolai; in 1878, the Gubonins received a noble coat of arms with the motto "Not for yourself, but for your homeland" ^[4] .

P.I. Gubonin was an honorary member of the pedagogical council of the Imperial Moscow Technical School , a member of the Society of Lovers of Natural History, Anthropology and Ethnography . In 1871, he instituted a scholarship for those who left at the university after completing the course at the Physics and Mathematics Department of Moscow University (302 rubles and 50 kopecks) ^[5] .

According to the characteristics of the Minister of Finance of Russia Witte, Peter Gubonin :

... was a fat man, a simple Russian man with great common sense. Gubonin, as I said, began his career with a small farmer, then became a contractor, and then a builder of railways and became a railway star. He impressed me with a person with great common sense, but with almost no education.

- Witte S. Yu. 1849-1894: Childhood. The reign of Alexander II and Alexander III, chapter VII // Memoirs . - M .: Sotsekgiz, 1960. - T. 1. - P. 121. - 75 000 copies.

Gubonin's condition was estimated at about 20 million rubles. Peter Ionovich Gubonin died on September 30, 1894 in Moscow, was buried according to his will in Gurzuf.

Wife - Marina Sevostyanovna.

son Sergei Petrovich born in 1851 1st guild merchant, wine merchant

grandson Alexey Sergeevich;

son Nikolai Petrovich 1861-1918 court adviser, member of the Board of Trustees of the Commissar Technical School

grandson Pyotr Nikolaevich 1884 - served on the cruiser Varyag, was wounded in battle at Chemulpo;

granddaughter Olga Nikolaevna (husband Zuberbiller) - mathematician and teacher of higher education 1885-1975

• For his merits in the development of domestic industry and large donations, Pyotr Ionovich received the rank of Privy Councilor.
• He was awarded the orders of St. Stanislav of the 1st degree, St. Anna of the 1st and 2nd degrees, St. Vladimir of the 2nd and 3rd degrees.
• The merits of Gubonin were recognized abroad. He was awarded foreign awards: the Serbian Order of the White Eagle , the Montenegrin - Prince Daniel of the 2nd degree, the Austrian - the Commander’s Cross of Franz Joseph , the Persian - Leo and the Sun of the 2nd degree ^[6] .
• First Honorary Citizen of Tsaritsyn ^[7] .

Interesting fact

While still a serf, Pyotr Gubonin “November 8, 1856 for the efforts to renew the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, the Most Gracious was awarded the Silver (as in the document) medal with the inscription“ For diligence “for wearing in a buttonhole on the Anninsky ribbon.” This award from the Sovereign is the first in rank and the first in P. I. Gubonin. ^[eight]

• Gubonin Petr Ionovich // List of civil ranks of the fourth class. Volume II Corrected on March 1, 1878. - SPb. : Printing House of the Governing Senate , 1878. - T. I. - S. 1220.
• Gubonin Petr Ionovich // List of civilian ranks of the first three classes. Corrected on October 1, 1893. - SPb. : Printing House of the Governing Senate , 1893. - S. 369-370.
• Mingeresh S. D. P. I. GUBONIN AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF THE XIX CENTURY // Historical, philosophical, political and legal sciences, cultural studies and art history. Questions of theory and practice: journal. - Tambov: Diploma, 2011. - No. 2, Part 3 . - S. 107-112 . - ISSN 1997-292X . Archived on October 28, 2013.
• E. Yu. Gorbunova. Philanthropists and philanthropists in the history of Moscow University / Editor: V. I. Tropin. - M .: Publishing house of Moscow University, 2010. - 320 p. - ISBN 978-5-211-05745-6 .

• RGIA, f. 446, op. 26, d. 18. Report No. 75. June 23, 1871 “On the result of negotiations with commerce by adviser Gubonin on the definition of construction capital of Lozovo-Sevastopol railway. d. "

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