The Shmurlo estate house, preserved to this day, is closely linked to the life of Gennady Frantsevich Shmurlo, son of Franz Iosifovich, born in 1869. After completing his studies at the law faculty of St. Petersburg University in the mid-1890s, he returned to his homeland. Gennady was married to Ekaterina Alexeevna Hasselblat, a representative of the Swedish nobility. In 1899, they had a son, Vadim, and in 1900, a daughter, Ekaterina, who passed away in 1904.
Gennady relocated the distillery to a new site on the lands of the village of Petrovskoye. Near the distillery, a new estate was built, around which a settlement gradually emerged, known as the Shmurlo Establishment or Voskresensky Distillery, and since 1955, the village of Red Uralets. The manor house and the distillery, located on opposite banks of the Yurgamyshe River, were connected by a bridge.
In 1913, Gennady insured the distillery in the village of Petrovskoye with the First Russian Insurance Society. The insurance plan marked the premises of the distillery, as well as the boundaries of the estate and the buildings on its territory. A garden was laid out in the estate, occupying the northern part and extending to the river. In addition to the iron-roofed manor house, wooden outbuildings were constructed: a wing, cellar, barn, carriage house, stable, and bathhouse. According to indirect data, Gennady's house was built in 1903 and was likely continuously under construction.
Gennady Frantsevich was a successful entrepreneur with an annual trade turnover of 700 thousand rubles. Since 1913, he represented the Chelyabinsk Zemstvo in the State Council.
In 1919, Gennady sold his estate to the Chelyabinsk Union of Credit Societies. After the establishment of Soviet power, the family left the village of Petrovskoye, and their property was nationalized. The further fate of the family after 1919 remains unknown.
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