At the entrance to Gorokhovets on the M7 highway stands an impressive green house in the style of wooden modernism, which belonged to merchant Mikhail Ivanovich Shorin. It is impossible to miss!

The Shorin family made a significant contribution to the development of Gorokhovets. Mikhail's father, Ivan Alexandrovich Shorin, came from peasant origins. He started working as a simple laborer but, through experience, became a master and boiler master, traveling all over Russia. Upon returning to Gorokhovets, he founded a shipbuilding plant that continued to operate successfully even after the revolution. The Shorins were Old Believers and strictly adhered to their traditions.

Mikhail continued his father's work. When he had a large family with four sons, he moved into a house built for him in the early 20th century by architect Bruni. The family lived there until 1928.

In 1918, after the nationalization of the plant, Mikhail remained as the manager but soon faced persecution. After several unfounded accusations of 'sabotage,' he decided to move to Moscow.

Leaving all their property in the house, the family took only personal belongings such as linen, clothes, icons, and books. The house and property were soon nationalized, possibly at the request of Mikhail Ivanovich himself.

In Moscow, Shorin got a job at the People's Commissariat of Shipbuilding, but soon he was sent to a ship repair plant in Sretensk, Chita Province.

In 1938, during the height of the repressions, Mikhail Ivanovich was unjustly sentenced to 15 years and sent to a camp, where he died without achieving justice.

In 1957, he was rehabilitated for lack of evidence of a crime.

Relatives were never able to find his grave.

Now, the Shorin house houses the House of Folk Art and Crafts, which is open to tourists.