148 - OLOVYANICHNIKOV FAMILY

OLOVYANICHNIKOV FAMILY A significant family archive collection comprising documents, notebooks, ledgers, and plans in Russian that belonged to the Olovyanichnikov family, including: -A prayer book for the living and the deceased, published with the blessing of the Holy Synod; texts in Church Slavonic; bears the initials E.G.O. (Eupraxie Gueorguievna Olovyanichnikova); several pages filled with names in both categories. In-18° format. -Documents pertaining to the Baltruchaïtis estate regarding the building in Moscow, a set of architectural plans of the building and the neighborhood by Jurgis Kasimirovitch BALTRUCHAITIS in Moscow, one bearing the annotation in French: “Olovianichnikov Building—property (entirely imaginary) returned to J.B. Sr. upon J.B.’s retirement—theoretically.—Pokrovski Ter., Moscow.” -A collection of balance sheets and profit and loss statements for the company “L.I. Olovyanichnikov and Sons” from 1903 to 1909. Moscow, including a list detailing the distribution of shares in the family business among all members, dated April 15, 1916. and two promissory notes signed by Eupraxie OLOVYANICHNIKOVA on April 21, 1906, one for 40,000 rubles and the other for 38,150 rubles. -A manuscript recounting the history of the Olovyanichnikov family and its business activities between 1656 and 1902. Approximately 18 pages. -Two personal notebooks belonging to Eupraxie Georgievna Olovyanichnikova, née Gorochkov (1851–1925), mother of Maria Ivanovna Baltruchaïtis, née Olovyanichnikov. Index of dates. In one of them is a page from a collection by Jurgis Kasimirovitch BALTRUCHAITIS with his dedication to her. Formats: in-32° and in-12°. -Handwritten letter from Eupraxia Georgievna OLOVYANICHNIKOVA (1851–1925), submitted as a complaint to the tax commission, dated December 22, 1924. "Complaint. I ask the Commission to note that I am a 75-year-old woman, sick and frail, living solely on support from my children; I am classified in category B10 as a person living on non-labor income. What kind of income could I possibly have, given my age and condition? I ask the Commission to consider my situation and remove me from this Category B10, to which I was erroneously assigned. E.G. Olovyanishnikova" -A booklet dedicated to “dear babushka from Georgika and Dad,” featuring a pen-and-ink drawing of a steamboat on the cover, and inside a poem titled “In Battle” signed by G. J. Baltruchaïtis and a second "Verses from the Evening for the Children on December 21 at the Home of E.G. Olovianishnikova (1851–1925, mother of Maria Ivanovna Olovyanichnikova (c. 1879–1948), businesswoman and benefactor of Yaroslavl),” signed by J. Baltruchaïtis. In-4° format.) MC Provenance -Jurgis Kasimirovitch Baltruchaïtis (1873–1944), Lithuanian diplomat and poet. - Their son, Jurgis Jurgissovich Baltruchaïtis (1903–1988), historian. -His wife, Hélène Baltruchaïtis (1908–2004), née Castel-Focillon, daughter of Henri Focillon (1881–1943). -Then passed down through the family.