Biography of Ivan Filatov

The history of the rural photographer Filatov I. and his cultural mark in the history of the village of Izhevskoye June 4 June 3 min, I somehow remembered the phrase of one elderly resident of our village “Grandmother said that they had a rich wedding, they ordered two photos from Filatov“ when I became interested in the story of the village in which I bought a house for the country, I immediately drew attention to a huge number of photographs of the early century.

And these were not only portraits, but also pictures of solemn events, the procession and landscape survey of the terrain. I must say right away that not every county city boasts such a rich archive of historical photographs. And today in the era of social networks one photograph can tell more than a whole historical opus. Moreover, we are so accustomed to - we are constantly rewriting the story that photographs of that time become, perhaps, the only reliable source, witness and storyteller who can be believed.

The branded stamp of the photographic cabinet Filatov is a corporate stamp of the photographic cabinet Filatov almost every house of our village has ancient photos of the ancestors. The beginning of the age, gallant ladies in lace dresses and with umbrellas, francs cavaliers in costumes with a hat and a chain on pocket watches, elderly ladies in scarves, sweaters and numerous skirts, and nearby men in caftans, with a crankcase and a boots filled to shine, children in ruffles.

And all these photos are united by one back background of the photo studio of the rural photographer Ivan Stepanovich Filatov. Years, decades went on, the power, and laws changed, but the background backdrop of the scenery in all photographs of Filatov remained unchanged.

On the left of the Mediterranean aloe leaves, palm branches on the right. Filatov put his branded blue seal in his photos, but even if there is no print in the photo, one rear background can easily recognize the author. Filatov, self -portrait. The biography of Ivan Stepanovich Filatov is rich in facts and is very interesting. He was born in our village in the year. I want to remind you that by that time the inhabitants of the villages were as they were free for farmers.

The future photographer was born in a rich and respected peasant family. All his ancestors were hereditary blacksmiths, and not just blacksmiths, but were known as one of the best in their business. What can I say, even the grandmother of Ivan Filatov Pelagia was a blacksmith and worked in a family forge. Having received a good primary education in the village, and by that time the 4th rural schools worked in Izhevsk, including a school for girls, and there were also many private teachers of teaching children at home.

So, having received education in the village, including real experience in his father’s cousin, Ivan Filatov went to work in Kolomna, where he got a job at the factory. But as a result of an accident, he received a production injury, his leg broke. After recovery, he left for the city of Gryazi, Lipetsk region, where he got a job as an employee of the railway station. It was at this time that Ivan Filatov begins to get involved in drawing, graphics and subsequently a newfangled photograph.

Having bought all the necessary equipment, he returned to Izhevskoye in the beginning of the x. He married a smart and beautiful girl from the county city of Spassk. Over time, he built a house, at the house, a studio and a pavilion with large panoramic windows. One of the most replicated photographs of Filatov. The parade on "Independence Day" before the Revolution of June 10 of each year in Izhevsk celebrated the day of the transition to the category of free stoopers.

Izhevsk peasants 30 years before the abolition of serfdom were bought out by the whole community from the master. After the revolution, the new government loyally reacted to the photographer, since he was progressive views, was educated and, as the proletarian, supported Soviet power. Filatov continued to work, took photographs for a rural newspaper, holidays, meetings, a separate theme of the funeral, but this is just a business.

Ivan Stepanovich Filatov died due to illness in the year. Unfortunately, the fate of his archive turned out to be sad, most of the new owners of the house were burned like garbage. At the moment, in the funds of the Tsiolkovsky Museum, a wooden box with boxes of glass plates of photowagives is stored. According to my estimates, about 1 pieces. These are negatives of the 10ths. Pre -revolutionary photographs were preserved in the family archives of the inhabitants of our village and the descendants of those who left the village throughout the century.

These are unique witnesses of that era. And in the future, I will definitely make a number of notes on the consideration of individual photographs, since the quality of individual photographs is such that you can see the laces on the boots. Did you like the story? Come to our village, we have a lot of such stories the current state of the house of the rural photographer Filatov.

I don’t know what the current owners were guided by when choosing the color of whitewashing, but the house is quite a good condition. The current state of the house of the rural photographer Filatov.