Historical quests
Salishchev Samovar Makers, part I
Many Tula samovar makers wore the same family name, so no wonder many of them got confused and quite frequently…
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Ivan Grigoryevich Batashev
Ivan Grigoryevich Batashev may have been one of the most famous and well-known hardware and samovar makers in Tula
Batashev-Junior
Among all famous samovar makers brothers, the Batashevs, Alexei, the junior, is known the least. Today but we will try…
Samovar Making Back in the Days. Patterning
In the later XIX century Tula became a samovar capital of the Russian Empire with 77 samovar making plants running…
The Small House of Nashchokin
Pavel Voinovich Nashchokin was a passionate collector for various pieces of art. The most famous piece of his collection was…