Ivan Petrovich Khlebnikov The firm of Ivan Petrovich Khlebnikov is one of the pillars of Russian jewelry art of the second half of the 19th - early 20th century. Having firmly established itself in the Moscow annals since the 1870s, it took a dominant position in the mass production of silver utensils and large restoration projects of the Kremlin and royal residences. It remains unknown what path led to the formation of a gold and silver empire, but from vague hints and fragments of biography, it can be concluded that Ivan Petrovich most likely inherited the family business from his father, Pyotr Khlebnikov. A jewelry trading and manufacturing establishment. In a word, by the time the factory opened, as Ivan Petrovich himself wrote, he had acquired serious experience and had been trading in gold and silver items for 40 years. The factory immediately employed 100 people and manufactured products for more than 50 thousand rubles. At the same time, the company acquired trading platforms in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Nizhny Novgorod Fair. Success accompanied it immediately. At the Vienna World Exhibition of 1873, the goods were awarded two medals. And since 1876, Khlebnikov supplied products to the royal and princely courts of Serbia, Montenegro, the Netherlands and Denmark. He received the title of supplier of these courts. At the same time, the company's products were noticed at the Tsar's court, and he became the supplier of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, the younger brother of Alexander III. In 1879, Khlebnikov was awarded the title of court jeweler. He received universal recognition and glory. A year later, the company was transformed into the trading house "Khlebnikov and Sons", seriously expanding its range and expansion in the market. Thus, the heirs of Ivan Petrovich subordinated the Sazikov firm and other silversmiths' production. However, the production was stopped in June 1917. And restored in a specific format of tool production within the walls of the factory in 1918.