Today it is hard to find an educated person who has not heard of the famous Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé, but few know about the complicated fate of his son Agafon. We will not talk about the creator of the legendary Fabergé eggs, but about Agafon Fabergé, the second child in the family and a well-known Russian philatelist. Agafon sought to create his own name, but remained in the shadow of the famous surname his entire life, and his story seems like one big injustice.

Agafon Karlovich was born on February 19, 1876, received an excellent education, and at the age of 19 became one of the leading employees of his father's company. Carl Gustavovich entrusted the management of the firm to his older sons and was pleased with their successes. Agafon was a serious young man who, besides his career, got married and established a family home. His father gifted him a dacha in Levashovo, and Agafon began to build his own estate. The results of his efforts and the work of architect Karl Schmidt were impressive. In the estate, alongside the luxury of different eras, innovations such as a private power station and water heating appeared.

Agafon Karlovich was an excellent professional, a caring family man, and a rare collector. His interests were diverse: from philately to collecting Buddha figurines, paintings, carpets, and vases. This idyll was shattered after a misunderstanding when his father accused him of stealing funds that were actually embezzled by a company employee, Otto Bauer. After that, Agafon distanced himself from the family business and opened his own shop. However, the revolution changed everything: the Fabergé property was confiscated by the Bolsheviks, and Agafon found himself in the dungeons of the Cheka. In 1927, he managed to survive and escape to Finland, where he became even more well-known and died on October 20, 1951. Today he is remembered; medals, candies, and stamps bear his name.