Koktyul factory — the first faience production in the Tobolsk Province

About the author:

Gennadiy N. Saukov, Postgraduate Student, Department of History and Documentation, Kurgan State University, Kurgan, Russia; saukow@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6629-6663

Abstract:

The article is devoted to the history of the Koktyul faience factory, a “pioneer” among similar “establishments” in the Tobolsk province and little known even among researchers of the history of the faience industry in Russia. The revealed new data on technical equipment, raw materials used, the number and structure of personnel, production volumes, product range, sales geography, and their comparison with previously published information made it possible to see the dynamics of changes in these indicators at an early stage of the company’s existence. The analysis of the sources allowed us to identify the most likely places of origin of the main raw material — white clay. Thanks to the statistical data introduced into scientific circulation, the years of operation of the factory have been clarified. Possible directions of further research are also proposed: archaeological, archival, and interdisciplinary with the involvement of natural science research methods.

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