Elpidifor - father
Significant, important Rostov's merchant owning barges, depots, different sort of the real estate. The businessman, state mind. Native of settlement Nighne - Chirskaia. The capitals has acquired huge, only on 900 thousand has bought up mines on the Don's land. N. Buslenko has written in a historical sketch about him:
"Aged Paramonov liked his children equally, to all of them he was fair equally. Not obtained intime systematic education, he zealously fell into education of children. Peter has finished a commercial school, at once has joined in trade businesses, it is a lot succeeding. Junior, Nickolai, having finished the Kiev University, was the son of liberty-mind' time: participated in liberation moving, was more than once arrested. Last time - on May, 1909".
It's unlikely Paramonov approved liberty-mind of junior son, however did not begin to offend: "I bequeath in the complete property to the sons by mine, Peter and Nickolai Paramonov's. Senior of them to Peter, as high and more worked in my businesses, assigning 60 percents, and Nickolai, as junior and less participating in commercially businesses, assigning 40 percents from all composition of my estate"
Further in the will is said about a fraction of the daughters and other relatives, rich man Paramonov took decision of necessary to present which. The old man on December 29, 1909 has died. The sons after their father have gone did not begin to divide property, they have grounded enterprise "E.Т. Paramonov's sons in Rostov - on - Don".
Nickolai - son
by information of the press' 90-th
Nickolai Paramonov did not wish different his brother to go by a used road.
The revolutionary moods of 1905 have exerted influence on him. He actively participated in student's disturbances, sat in imperial prison, was expelled from the Petersburg university and sent home, in Rostov - on - Don.
Having released from charges, he has arrived and has ended the Kiev university, having received the diploma of the mining engineer. At this time Nickolai has received as gift from father mine and has decided to occupy in mining business seriously. He has constructed in 1910 new mine, having called it by name of the father "Elpidifor".
Revolutionary I. Mashinski, personally knowing Nickolai, on 1927 in a magazine "Proletarian revolution" wrote: "Paramonov - is interesting a figure in Russian revolution. Large businessman, the man of the American turn, mechanized the mines in Grushevski's anthracite district with last word of engineering, had liking for all large inventions, even in revolutionary underground. He, for example, with assistance of our group (Don committee RSDWP) has put publishing house "Don's speech", filled all Russia by popular national books, which one social-democracies everywhere used for the propagation. For issuing of the revolutionary books was sentenced to several years of the conclusion in an imperial jail".
Paramonov was not so active revolutionary, but Russian autocracy was not as desirable to him too. He appeared for capital-democratic revolution to enable begin for authority in the country, such persons as he. In the publishing house he released both Marxist's and social-revolutionary' and simply liberal literature. Paramonov issued cheap books, from 1 to 12 kopecks. Who described the books on 3 rubles - had discount, did not pay for transfer. The bookshops too used 30--percent discount. Publishing he has put with big range. The depots were disposed not only in Rostov, but also behind its line. Except for political, a lot of educational literature, Russian and foreign classics was printed. But certainly, the mines brought main income.
At 1918 Paramonov's fortune compounded about 22 million rubles. How he has acquired it? One more citation of the author unknown to me: "Madam competition", military and till war conjuncture learned Paramonov, it has forced him to construct brick factory except mine, factory of horseshoes, coal packet factory and chemical factory, working on military delivery. The liberal, being a typical representative of the bourgeois class, which one aspired to political authority, tried to be fitted for work moving and to play role in it. Paramonov with the purposes of increase of the profit from the production did not stop even transmitting a small part of a surplus value on development of culture his workers. Nearside mine the school was constructed, the community of sobriety is organized, the cinematograph worked, the representatives of mine's intelligence organized evenings for workers". The school constructed by Paramonov for children of the miners, stands on settlement "Artem", untill the present day. The houses, in which lived the engineering - technical workers, are stands too. Paramonov had skilful to exploit, but has left about itself good memory, because the criterion of a reasonableness, usability was main in his operations. He has entered the highest rate scales both bets for mine's workers and office serving. His mine was most major, it is better than others technically is rigged. "Elpidifor" was glorified on all Donbass. At mine were constructed a magazine, cafe on 400 touchdown places. There was a cash department of mutual aid.
Paramonov personified those people, which one he wanted to see for authority in the country: business, reasonable, thinking about tomorrow. That has taken place in 1917, was certainly, shock...
The white steamship has sailed away from beaches and has floated in Turkey. On a court yard - twentieth year. The steamship is named "Principle". And carry on it failed hopes and dreams. Everything is over, no more past. Paramonov's family will never come back to Russia. Not on "Principle", not for principle. In due time they will move in Germany. Nickolai Paramonov will try to return money already transferred to German for new equipment to mine "Elpidifor". Alas, they will reject to him. The family become poor, during war will move to the American zone in territory Germany. How have earned on life Paramonov - it is not known.
The manager of "Artem" museum (in Shakhty city) A.T. Grigorenko has said, that fifteen years ago (this paper is published in a beginning of 90 to him there came the familiar writer V. Yushchenko and has notified that Paramonov as the representative of a coal industry of Franse participated in 1946 in the congress which has been performed in Germany. But it is the informal items of information, nothing affirmed. And it is precisely known, that Nickolai Paramonov in 1946 has died.
 Fedorovskaia nothing could tell neither about Nickolai, nor about Peter Paramonov: does not remember, does not know. She wanted, as much as possible to find out about them in Russia. One more of the descendants of Paramonov, called in honour of the grandfather Elpidifor, lives in America. He is 85 years old. He too would like to arrive to Russia, but is afraid for the health. Well, the star-shaped hour is sometime prospering clan for a long time has departed in past, having left about itself the memory is in high quality houses, than in hearts of the descendants.
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