Complex of buildings of Miller chocolate factory description and photos - Russia - Volga region: Saratov (Topic)

Miller chocolate factory building complex description and photos - Russia - Volga region: Saratov. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The sweet historical landmark of Saratov, located near the Children's Park, began its existence in the late nineteenth century, when the Miller brothers' factory began to produce sweets so rare for Russia: chocolate, various kinds of candies, candied fruits, caramel, marmalade, almond oil and other confectionery.

The founders of the chocolate factory, the Miller family, are one of the oldest families of German colonists in the Volga region. Its ancestor was Heinrich Miller, who organized the transportation of salt from Lake Elton to the colony of Warenburg, thereby laying the foundations for the family's well-being. Worthy descendants preserved and multiplied their capital, founding the trading house "AK Miller with sons" (later the "sons" were renamed brothers). The Millers owned houses bulk grain barns and mills in the villages of Rovnoye, Privolnoye and in Pokrovskaya Sloboda (now the city of Engels), Saratov province.

Purchased yard place on Astrakhan by Miller's great-grandsons Johann and Andreas in 1899 from the tradesman D.F. Naumov was intended for the production workshops of the factory. In 1903, as the newspapers knew, the factory was fully commissioned and by 1909 confectionery shops were producing sweet products worth 112 thousand rubles annually. In 1913, the factory with all the equipment was sold for a decent amount to the merchant B.I.Solomonov, who in the purchased premises set up a notebook factory and his own office. There were also warehouses of Prince Paskevich's stationery factory.

In the first decade of Soviet power, the factory turned into an ordinary printing house No. 10. Later, For a long time, the building was occupied by a garment factory No. 5, and now the Miller brothers' chocolate factory, which at one time was known throughout Russia, is leased to small entrepreneurs.

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