Andrei Ivanovich Tekutjev (1839-1916)

The first-guild merchant Andrei Tekutjev contributed a lot to cultural development of Tyumen at the end of the XIXth and the beginning of the XXth centuries. In different periods he was a member of the Committee on food-stuff procurement for underprivileged population in Tyumen, Chairman of the Committee on the orphans’ charge at the Vladimirski vocational school, curchwarden of the Spasski church, Head of the Commission on paving streets and slaughter-house arrangement. In 1899-1911 Andrei Tekutjev was Head of Tyumen.

In 1899 Tekutjev opened a school and a library in honour of the 100th anniversary of Pushkin’s birthday. Tekutjev is by right considered the founder of the Tyumen theatre. Due to his efforts a hospital for 128 beds was built in Tyumen. In the last years of his life Tekutjev initiated another hospital, where an X-ray laboratory was installed alongside with other medicine achievements. Tekutjev was awarded the title of ‘the Honorary citizen of Tyumen’ for his contribution to the town’s development and for his verified philanthropic activities.