Tasty trade Empire Eliseev

In Soviet times, it was difficult to find a person who would not know, had not heard about the most delicious in the country store with mellifluous name "eliseevskiy". And of course, everyone knew that the name of the Palace (the store to name language does not turn) in honor of the former owner — the merchant Eliseev, and is officially called the Gastronome №1. It was opened in Moscow on 5 February 1901, and worked for 120 years.

Did you know that at the time of nationalization (expropriation) firm "Eliseev Brothers" had a glorious century of history?

However, the Gastronome №1 had a big story — its Director Yuri Sokolov for theft in especially large sizes sentenced to death. Very revealing — on time, on manners!

But back to the basics. It turns out, famous throughout Russia Eliseevsky store could be called otherwise — Kasatkinskiy, if not for the love of sons to his father, who by his example and precepts taught their hard work and those brought to the people. In the not genuine glorification of his name Kasatkina, and the name of the priest they called based their case on the common middle name: "Association of brothers Eliseev". Secured and grandchildren grandfather's name in memory of Russia, passing through a half-century is the name of two stores in the state, and similar like twins in Saint-Petersburg and Moscow. And the third one in Kiev...

It all started with count Sheremetev. Its fortress was Kasatkina, and the head of the family, Peter eliseevich Kasatkin worked the count's gardener. According to legend, known for extravagant gestures count Sheremetev, struck with fresh strawberries, brought skillful gardener in the cold of winter, he said: "Ask what you want!"

So Peter eliseevich Kasatkin received his freedom and started a wonderful, dizzying career, which is picked up by his family — brother Gregory, sons...

Trade went up the hill, oranges, foreign fruit, tobacco, and Peter eliseevich, leaving Gregory on the farm, went to the distant Spain, then to Portugal, Madeira. There he develops an intense activity, studying the technology of wine making, opens warehouses and delivery makes the best wine right in Petersburg.

The company is thriving, and suddenly Peter eliseevich... dying before the age of 50 years in 1825.

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

In 1873, when at the head of all Affairs stood Grigory Petrovich (already actual state councillor and a member of the municipal Council), he presented in Vienna for its collection of wines and received the honorary diploma of the London Gold medal.

As the successor of the glorious deeds already is the son of Grigory Petrovich — Grigory Eliseev.

It was under his firm had reached the peak of its development, it was he who discovered this the most famous shop in Tver, and that he was the last owner of the famous company...

The 100th anniversary of the Foundation came photobucket with a very eloquent images.

And here come the nice summer day 1901, to which he was appointed a solemn prayer service in honor of the opening "Shop Eliseeva and cellars of Russian and foreign wines." The morning was dismantled a wooden box, and full of curiosity, the audience gasped, seeing the magnificent facade and through a huge sparkling clean Windows — lavish interiors of the store in two floor room, hanging from the ceiling with magnificent crystal chandeliers, ceiling and walls fabulous decor. The store is really like appeared from the "1001 nights".

Among those who entered the Kingdom of gourmets across carpets Kozitsky pereulok, Moscow was all to know headed to the military Governor-General (the son of Emperor Alexander II), Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich with his wife, vowels city Council. Variety of wine, gastronomic, colonial goods was beyond description. Everything you can learn from the gallant clerks, respectfully answering all sorts of questions buyers.

Coffees were so many that the Muscovites lost what coffee to buy — the Arabian or Ethiopian, West Indian or Mexican. Clerks was inclined to believe that the flavor of coffee from South America, or at least of the Central. Then in Russia drinking coffee a few. Per capita had barely a hundred grams per year in England at that time, drank five times, but who do then enjoyed coffee is the Dutch is 81 times more than the Russians.

In Russia was a popular tea. And yeliseyevsky shop offered a wide choice of teas from China, Japan, India, Ceylon. Connoisseur prefer to buy the "Yeliseyev" tea from Java.

A complex bouquet of aromas Eliseevsky store was established spices: in a very smelly corner of his nest a great bottle of vanilla, cloves, cardamom, saffron, cinnamon, nutmeg...

Very valued buyers cheese Department. At any time of year, the variety of cheeses seemed endless. Solid — Swiss, Chester, Emmental, Edam, and of course, Italian for "granite" Parmesan. More varied appeared countertop soft cheese: in waterproof parchment lying next to the "liquid" bree, neuchâtel, Limburg, Edamer, sahtel... (by the Way, he noticed the Gilyarovsky, and that he preferred all the rich Moscow.)

Grigory Eliseev opened Muscovites "wood oil" (then known as olive). It is from Provence walked through Odessa and Taganrog.

In the three halls of the store had five departments: deli, shining with all sorts of bottles and crystal baccarat, colonial goods, grocery, confectionary and most extensive fruit. Exceptionally were delicious pastry, large and small cakes, or little "lady brownies" (Petit fours), which is good to treat companion, passing by Eliseevsky. This quietly lured to the store in the future shopper: get pleasure from the food, the lady noticed and other products, it suddenly became necessary to her Desk... Cakes were baked in their own bakery in the courtyard and seemed to keep her warm. They did not touch the cold of the glacier — it is a well-kept, but the taste is not bad. Dozens of varieties of sausages were manufactured in their sausage is also in the courtyard, which once cleared Malkiel...

Moscow has evaluated and novelty mushrooms from France — truffles. Of course, they were expensive, but very good for a formal dinner. And anchovies? Such a beautiful word called little smoked, special Ambassador fish, brown on the back with a silver belly. Looking for enthusiastic people to appreciate its taste and wingspan Grigory quietly but meaningfully smiled, because I was prepared to surprise the audience with something even more significant.

Gregory G. Eliseev had five sons, and he was proud of them. And yet he was the favorite daughter, and homemakers — the mother of his children, wife, Mariya Andreevna.

And suddenly in the family scandal. It was talked about by all who knew and did not know Eliseev. Happened to great unhappiness. Wife of Grigory Grigorievich, fifty Maria A. from the kind of well-known merchants Durdina suddenly commit suicide — has hanged herself...

It happened on 1 October 1914. And all at once found out the reason: the millionaire Elisha long been secretly in love with Vera Fiodorovna Vasilyev, a married young lady (she was younger Grigory Grigoryevich almost twenty years). Someone informed sons, the rumor reached their mother, and she didn't shame.

It turned out disastrous for the sons of circumstance: 26 October, just three weeks after his wife's death, Grigory Grigoryevich, which has just celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, married in Bakhmut with the cause of a family tragedy. Against this background, the highest command to the first, the most honorable part of the Aristocratic genealogy book new wife, Vera Fedorovna — they took it as an insult to his late mother. More recently, the friendly large family fell apart. In the father's house stayed just the younger daughter Mashenka, which was in his fifteenth year. The brothers made a vow to take away from the father of Mary.

Grigory Grigoryevich, knowing the hard nature of the sons, he himself was the same — hired bodyguards. They were accompanied by a girl in high school, on walks with Bonney, sat in the porch, strolled round the clock near deserted luxury home.

At this time, the brothers made up a cunning plan to steal and executed it successfully. At the turn of the street, when she is bored with her bodyguards returned to the crew home from school, there was a collision: a Scorcher, as if blind, drove straight into the carriage. The guards just for a moment jumped out of the crew to deal with insolent, as here, the entrance of the house popped hired well done, picked up the girl and locked the door behind him. To enter the house nobody was allowed — private property. The police came, and soon arrived and he Grigory Grigoryevich, but he now hereditary nobleman, the head of the St. Petersburg merchants, permanent vowel of the city Duma, the man with connections in high society, the rich and powerful, failed to return his daughter.

And then the revolution broke out. In 1918, Gregory G. seized all the property and of course the favorite stores in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, chocolate factory "Novaya Bavariya"... Grigory went to France. He died in 1949 at the ripe age of 84 years, having survived his wife by three years. They are buried in the cemetery of Sainte-geneviève-des-Bois.

Have developed different ways of life sons of Grigory Yeliseyev.

Senior, Grigory Grigoryevich, became a surgeon. After the revolution, he left Russia, for which he paid with his life: after the story of the assassination he and his brother, Peter G., also remaining in Russia, and in 1934 was deported to Ufa, where in December 1937, arrested and condemned under articles 58-10 and 58-11 (counter-revolutionary activities and agitation), promptly shot.

The most successful life Sergey Grigorievich. In 1917, he was a renowned scientist and japanologist, diplomat and assistant Professor at the Petrograd University. In 1920 he succeeded in the boat to cross from St. Petersburg to Finland, where he moved first to France, and then in the United States.

And that is Masha Eliseeva lived a long life and died in the late sixties. Her first husband captain Gleb Nikolayevich Andreyev-Tverdov was shot by the Bolsheviks as a hostage in the second half of 1918.

So ended the famous dynasty Eliseev. A fairy-tale Palace store after 120 years, closed in a pandemic.