Sinebrychoff ({{langx, ru, Синебрюхов, ''Sinebryukhov'') were a Russian-Finnish business family, founders of the Sinebrychoff brewery and soft drinks company, and of the

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Family roots

The family’s roots come from the market town of

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, today’s

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in central Russia, from the Vladimir Province northeast of Moscow. The business dynasty’s founder Peter Sinebrychoff (Pyotr Sinebryukhov, 1750-1805), a second-guild merchant, settled in the region of

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in the late 18th century, after the region was ceded to the

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.The Sinebrychoff Brewing Family
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official website His son,

Nikolai Sinebrychoff Nikolai Sinebrychoff (; ; born ca. 1789 in Gavrilov Posad, Russia - died 1848 in Tver, RussiaMäkelä-Alitalo, AnneliKauppaneuvos Nikolai Sinebrychoff (1789–1848)''Suomen talouselämän vaikuttajat'' online content (for-pay), 5 September 2009. ...

(1799-1848), was born in Gavrilov Posad but moved to the

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, then an autonomous part of the

, in 1817.

Brewery business

Nikolai Sinebrychoff founded the Sinebrychoff brewery and soon became a supplier for a Russian regiment stationed in the Sveaborg Fortress. He later bought exclusive rights to distill alcohol and brew

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. The Sinebrychoff distillery was based in Hietalahti on the outskirts of

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. After Nikolai's death, the business was inherited by his younger brother

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(1799-1883). He developed the family business into a major diversified company active in many sectors of the economy. Brewing has remained the basis of the business. The business was then succeeded by Paul's son Nicolas Sinebrychoff (1856-1896) and soon after that by Paul P. Sinebrychoff (1859-1917). The Sinebrychoff business group continued its development, becoming the biggest owner of Suomen Yhdyspankki (now part of

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). No male descendants of the Sinebrychoff family remained in Finland after Paul's death in 1917, after which the brewery passed to his sister.

Art collection

Paul P. Sinebrychoff and his wife Fanny were known as major collectors of art. In 1921, Fanny Sinebrychoff donated her husband's art collection to the government of Finland, which became and remains the largest donation ever made to the Finnish state. The collection has become the basis for the

which is located in the former house of Paul and Anna Sinebrychoff.Купцы Синебрюховы
he Sinebrychoff Merchants- official tourist portal of the

External links

Mikhail Nemilentsev. Generational value shift in the Sinebrychoff family - a study of late-empire Russian capitalists
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19th-century businesspeople from the Russian Empire Merchants from the Russian Empire Finnish businesspeople Finnish merchants Finnish people of Russian descent

Family roots

Brewery business

Art collection

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