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At a conference in Tula, Rimma Timofeeva, Associate Professor of the Department of History and Theory of Art at St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, presented new information about the family of the Tula gunsmith.

The scientist made a presentation about the family of the famous Tula gunsmith Mosin. The report revealed one of the gaps in the biography of the creator of the famous three-line magazine rifle of the 1891 model, namely the life of his wife, Varvara Mosina, after the death of her husband. The last address where she lived in St. Petersburg was found, as well as the date of her death. Mosin's widow spent the last years of her life in Karachev, and the data was found in their archives. Now the researchers will search for the burial site itself. However, there are two more mysteries of the biography of the famous gunsmith: where his archive is located and discrepancies in the date of birth in the service record and the metric statement. In addition to Rimma Timofeeva, representatives of Great Britain, Canada and Serbia took part in the "World of Weapons" conference.

Despite the fact that Mosin's personal archive has not yet been discovered, his life story has been studied in sufficient detail. At the same time, there are a number of white spots. In particular, this discrepancy in the date of birth of Sergei Mosin is indicated in the service record on April 23, 1849, in the metric statement on April 2, 1849. Also, until recently, there was no reliable clarity about the life of Mosin's wife, Varvara Nikolaevna, after the completion of the earthly path of an outstanding Russian gunsmith and officer.

"Tula and St. Petersburg are two close cities. Historically, they have been united by scientific, technical, and often deeply personal interactions. This is natural, because people often turn out to be the knots that bind the intricacies of life. A significant figure in this regard is S. I. Mosin, whose name means so much to Russia in the context of the history of Russian weapons. Meanwhile, as it can be seen now, his personal fate was far from simple. Troubles and "ordeals" accompanied him even after the end of his earthly journey, affecting his immediate environment," comments Rimma Timofeeva, Associate Professor at the Department of History and Theory of Art at St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design.

1. V. S. Mosina, I. S. Turgenev's cousin. The 1870s The V. I. Dahl State Museum of the History of Russian Literature.

Fig. 2. S. I. Mosin. The second half of the 1890s. VIMAIViVS.

At the request of his widow, Sergei Ivanovich's ashes were buried in the church fence of the Church of St. Peter the Great. Peter and Paul (not preserved), while after burial a simple cross and a wooden fence were placed on the grave. In the future, it was planned to build a crypt, where, at the request of Varvara Nikolaevna, it was necessary to arrange a place for two burials 鈥� Sergei Ivanovich himself and later for the future burial of her remains.

Fig. 3. Grave of S. I. Mosin. The VIMAIViVS Scientific Archive.

Varvara Nikolaevna's desire to remain with her husband after her death did not materialize. The burial place of Sergei Ivanovich Mosin was lost in a series of historical vicissitudes and was discovered only in August 1946, thanks to the activities of the Artillery Historical Museum and the oldest employees of the Sestroretsk Arms Factory. At the same time, the remains of Varvara Nikolaevna were missing from Sergei Mosin's grave. The search for a possible burial site for Varvara Nikolaevna led to the Bryansk region, as according to the budget cultural institution of the Orel region, the Oryol United State Literary Museum of I. S. Turgenev, in December 1920 Varvara Mosina lived in Karachev with her son Vladimir and her sister Ekaterina Turgeneva (Konusevich), whose husband served here in the city council.

Indeed, in the archival fund "Collection of books of state registration of acts of civil status" in the "Book of death records" for the city of Karachev, Bryansk province, for 1922, under number 50, "Mosina Varvara Nick." appears, who died at the age of 70 from pneumonia on March 6. The last address is Turgenevskaya str., 10, while the Petrograd address is indicated in the column "Permanent residence of the deceased" 鈥� Serpukhovskaya str., 7, sq. 10". The death statement was made by the deceased's son, Alexander Arsenyev. Varvara Nikolaevna was buried in the Karachev city cemetery, very far from her husband's burial place.

4. V. N. Mosina, I. S. Turgenev's cousin, with her son Alexander Nikolaevich Arsenyev. 1910-1916 The V. I. Dahl State Museum of the History of Russian Literature.

The story of the relationship between Sergei Ivanovich and Varvara Nikolaevna has repeatedly come to the attention of the public, serving, among other things, as a source of inspiration for artistic works. This story has become more of an image-symbol, which is remarkable in itself. Sergei Ivanovich and Varvara Nikolaevna had no children together, there were only stepsons, the Arsenievs, Varvara Nikolaevna's children from her first marriage, whose fate was forgotten for a long time.

From her first marriage to Nikolai Vladimirovich Arsenyev, Varvara Nikolaevna had three sons, and three more daughters were born (all of them died in infancy).

Information about Varvara Mosina's sons is rather chaotic and heterogeneous. During the research, it was possible to find a personal photo of Nikolai Nikolaevich, and it was also possible to establish that he graduated from the Tula Classical Gymnasium, then studied for one year at the St. Petersburg Gurevich Gymnasium. In 1895, he entered the Imperial Saint Petersburg University Faculty of Law, graduating in 1899.

Before the revolution, Nikolai Nikolaevich was active in public life 鈥� he was the district trustee of the St. Petersburg District Committee for the Guardianship of National Sobriety, as well as the founder and chairman of the society for the improvement of the village of Sestroretsk, the founder and trustee of the Razliv consumer society. In 1931 he lived in Krasnodar.

Fig. 5. N. N. Arsenyev, 1895. TSGIA SPb.

Answering the question why Varvara Mosina did not stay in St. Petersburg after her husband's death and did not find rest next to him in the crypt, it is most likely to assume that, having arrived in the capital with her husband, after his death she found herself alone without means of livelihood. She had to leave her office apartment at the Sestroretsk Arms Factory. This is probably the reason for her return to Karachev. This city was native to the Turgenev family 鈥� the estate of their father, Nikolai Nikolaevich, was located nearby, and Varvara Nikolaevna was baptized here, in one of the temples of Karachev, which has not yet been established.

The burial place of Varvara Nikolaevna in the Karachev cemetery has not yet been identified, and its search is a very difficult practical task, given the time of her death (1922) and the lack of cataloging of old graves in the cemetery. However, it is advisable to make such an attempt, and it is quite possible that it will be made in the future 鈥� in order to put a definitive end to the story of the life and death of the gunsmith Mosin and his wife Varvara Nikolaevna.