Dmitry Solomirsky

Dmitry Solomirsky graduated from the Moscow State University, the Department of Law, and served as a government official in Perm, Saint Petersburg, and later Yekaterinburg.

He left the government service in 1879, moved to the Urals and took care of the family business, i.e. the profitable factories from the Sysert Mining District,[1] which he inherited from his father.

The dams were rebuilt and strengthened in order to preserve environment, Solomirsky switched to gas and peat as the main sources of fuel, he initiated the exploration of new deposits and was able to significantly improve the product quality.

Dmitry Solomirsky also opened the Sysert's girls orphanage, funded the construction of hospitals, schools and churches next to his factories.

At the end of the 19th century the combination of the economic crisis, the Russo-Japanese War, and the Revolution of 1905 led Dmitry Solomirsky to bankruptcy.