Gennady Vasilyevich Yudin

Gennady Vasilyevich Yudin was a hereditary honorary citizen, a merchant of the 2nd guild, a wine merchant, a gold miner, the creator of the largest private library in the Russian Empire, and a publisher. Gennady Yudin was born in the village of the Ekaterininsky state distillery of the Loginovskaya volost in the Tarsky district, where his father worked. He graduated from the Tobolsk Gymnasium and, from the age of twelve, worked in the state system of liquor duties in the town of Minusinsk.

 

Yudin's first commercial venture was wine trading and opening a wholesale warehouse in the village of Balakhta. Luck favored the merchant in business: Yudin twice won large sums in the lottery and invested these funds in building a distillery and acquiring gold mines, which made him one of the most influential Siberian entrepreneurs.

 

Yudin engaged in philanthropy: he generously donated funds for the construction of schools and churches and provided assistance to those in need. He visited Constantinople, Palestine, Egypt, Odessa, and Crimea. Gennady Vasilyevich Yudin died in Krasnoyarsk and was buried in the Trinity Cemetery.