Architect Mesmakher M.E.

Moscow. The 23th of December, 1902

Photo from the Album of the Artistic-Industrial Exhibition at Khodynskoe Pole(Field) in Moscow in 1882

Architect Pyatnitsky P.G.

Autograph: "...and to dear Vladimir Ivanovich as a good souvenir". Photographer of Imperial Theatres Fisher K.A.

It is the oldest extant Old Russian altar crosses used in the Exaltation liturgy, one of the altar crosses-reliquariues prototyped by the True Cross. The oldest of such Byzantine crosses, of 10th century, ascend to crosses worshipped by the Imperial court.

- Director of "Association of the Vodka Plant, Warehouses of Spirits, Russian and Foreign Wines of P.A. Smirnov in Moscow" (1897-1902), Director of "Firm P.A. Smirnov in Moscow" (1902-1905), Owner of Stud, Member of Moscow Imperial Society of the Trotting Horse-Breeding Encouragement, since 1920 was in Emigration, since 1923 - Owner (in Poland, and then in France) of "Firm Petr Smirnov's Sons" ("S-te Pierre Smirnoff F-ls")

- Hereditary Freeman, Member-Contributor of the Imperial Historical Society, Bibliophile and Collector, Trustee of the Andreevskaya Alms-House of Moscow Merchant Society. Photo of Bulgak and Ovcharenko. Moscow