Biography of Bushuev

The history of Ivan Bushuev’s work from the book “Stories of the old gunsmith”, local historian, laureate of the John Chrysostom Prize Vladimir Tolkach, Zlatoust will tell you about the Bushuev family for a year, whose surname is known at the Zlatoust factory, perhaps since the beginning of the 19th century, a simple serf peasant Nikita Bushuev, who was assigned to the factory along with the family, appropriately with the family.

The donkey is here. Apparently there was a talent vein of this surname, which is why the son of Nikita, Nikolai, became a painter and worked at the factory drawing. At that time, the Zlatoust plant already belonged to the state department. Nikolai Bushuev and his wife, Praskovi, had a large family: six sons and two daughters. The eldest of the sons, Ivan and Efim, were trained in picturesque art from their father.

Famous artist in the Urals. The guys went through a good school under his supervision! When weapons factory was opened at our factory, foreign gunsmiths were invited to train Russian artisans. Let, they say, they will teach them the preparation of blades of the Russian man. And only foreign artists - gunsmiths were engaged in decorating cold weapons at the factory. Father and sons specially discharged from abroad by the name Shaf received a lot of money in Zlatoust for decorated weapons.

Russian cannot do this, ”they said through the interpreter to the factory leadership. The former is that the director, being from the Prussians himself, indulged foreign gunsmiths in everything. Shafam had to teach his skill the Russian artel, especially since for each student they relied on the amount of rubles. The brothers Ivan and Efim Bushuev entered this artel.

Russian students did not longly comprehend the basics of skill, and in the near future they surpassed their teachers. The Bushuev brothers achieved great success. Especially Ivan. If sabers decorated saber blades only with patterns and inscriptions, then Ivan managed to fit the whole battal on the blade: the warriors on the horses flew across the battlefield, fighting with their enemies!

.. All the cleverly did everything. Taking advantage of the fact that the student was not supposed to put his signature on the decorated blade, the saffers put their own on it, supposedly they decorated this blade themselves. Since the year, the Bushuev brothers began to work in the department of the decorated weapons of the local weapons factory, Ivan was known as the leading master, but was still considered a student, receiving salary rubles a year, while the Saffles received each year every year.

Here is such arithmetic! However, other craftsmen studied at the Shafs were considered students. And Ivan Bushuev wise everything over gilding. Everything tried to achieve the possibility of re -gilding the blade. And after all, I got it! But what has been done is done. You can’t say against the truth! For skill and quick wits, the factory authorities began to increase the money salary to Ivan Bushuev, to build it to the ranks.

Being a family man, Ivan still remained on money, and the rank of non -co -chief - the second -class Shikhtmeister did not give much. After the departure of the Shafs from the factory in the year, Ivan Bushuev was appointed senior master of the decorated department by that time he was a nonsense of the first class and received a salary of rubles a year. From this - then his talent began to appear in full force.

And Efima Bushuev, as a very capable drawer, was sent to study at the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg - Petersburg. But he did not benefit him from the damp air of the Northern capital. Having studied at the Academy for several years, he died of consumption, having lived in this world only a quarter of a century ... Ivan Bushuev was decorated with a lot of cold weapons with an etching and gilding, using a stirring with a risk.

And sabers, and swords, and broadswords had the opportunity to decorate with his drawings. Here he already rightfully put his signature on the blades - the signature of a man who created this miracle. Ivan was not only an artist, but he himself could masterfully fork, sharpen and polish any blade. Once he sunk into his soul a fabulous winged horse.

Yes, so fused that the image of a flying winged horse was often painfully appearing in his work. For this, Ivan received the nickname “winged” at the weapons factory, and among the factory people they began to call it simply-“Ivanko-Krylatko”. Ivan Bushuev had an inspired, ardent soul, completely gave himself to his work - you rarely meet such people in the world.

For his talent, he was more than once awarded with cash prizes, and not only by them when Russian emperor Alexander 1 arrived at the Zlatoust Plant, he was brought here a dozen saber and swords. Some of them were with complex drawings rich in gilding. They cost our state not cheap, ”said Emperor Alexander 1. Satisfied with the presented gift, the emperor awarded the masters - gunsmiths with medals and hours, did not forget about money.

Of the five gold medals 4 went to foreigners, one to our Ivanka -Krylatka. And in the year, Emperor Nikolai 1 awarded Ivan Bushuev with a diamond ring. Ivan received it for making the “Technical Cabinet” for the heir to the throne Alexander for the heir to the throne. There was a weapon in different redistributions in this very office, starting from a steel strip and ending with a finished blade.There were also drawings in him different and all sorts of descriptions with drawings.

Ivan got a ring as a reward, and the masters-money. The process of manufacturing decorated weapons, Ivan Bushuev depicted a saber on the blade: 1. The forging of the blade 2. Turning work and polishing 3. Drawing, etching, gilding 4. Once the delivery of weapons came to the factory an unusual order, such an armory did not have to glorify Knight's armor for the heir to the throne of Alexander.

It is necessary, it is necessary, especially since the orders of the tsarist court were carried out implicitly. Ivan Bushuev came up with drawings by which they began to make armor. More than thirty people, led by Ivan Bushuev, drove this work for four years, applying all the decorations that had been in the factory.

In addition to the stirring with gilding and ink, even casting with minting and carvings was used. It was painfully Basky that turned out to be armor for the heir here and a helmet with a hare, badly hungry armor, and a sword with a shield ... When the armor were delivered to St. Petersburg, the creation of Zlatoust gunners was appreciated there. Everyone who was involved in the manufacture received cash awards on behalf of the sovereign Emperor Nicholas 1.

Ivan Bushuev granted whole rubles! The money is decent, given that Ivan then received a salary of rubles a year. It was the last big work of Ivanka -Klilati. He died of consumption of fever in the year. Only 37 years of life was released by fate Ivan Bushuev, but he left behind a good memory. Three younger brothers: Flavian, Ampley and Alexei Bushuev, were trained in the skill of decoration of weapons from their older brother, Ivan.

He trained the Ivanko-Krylatko skill and his only son, Alexander. All of them worked at the weapons factory and were considered good drawers, but no one has reached the glory of the Ivanki-Krylata. Legendary masters are not born, they become. Other useful information.