Petrova, M. I. PETER THE GREAT’S ASSOCIATE VILLIM GENNIN AND HIS ESTATE OF ASILА IN HIITOLA POGOST OF KEXGOLM DISTRICT (UEZD) // Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2019. No 2 (179). P. 101–107. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2019.297


Russian history

PETER THE GREAT’S ASSOCIATE VILLIM GENNIN AND HIS ESTATE OF ASILА IN HIITOLA POGOST OF KEXGOLM DISTRICT (UEZD)

Petrova
M. I. 		Petrozavodsk State University
Keywords:
Asila
Villim Gennin
donated lands
Karelia
Kexholm uezd
Kokkolanjoki
salmon fisheries
Hiitola
Hiitolanjoki		 Summary: Villim Ivanovich Gennin was a prominent organizer of the mining and metallurgical industry in Russia of Peter the Great. In 1711, Peter I granted Gennin the village of Asila for taking the fortress Kexholm. The history of the estate was not previously presented in the national historiography. The purpose and objectives of the study is to ascertain the period of ownership of the estate of Gennin and his descendants, clarify the composition of the villages belonging to the estate, and determine its economic value. Data from archival sources and rare Finnish editions are entered into scientific circulation. For the first time, the estate is described as an economic complex from the villages of Asila, Kilpola, Vejala, Hiitola and Raivattala of Hiitola pogost of Kexholm uezd. The study applied methods of localization and cartographic documentation of the studied places. It is a brief historical overview of the surroundings of the village of Asila from the XII to the beginning of the XVIII century . The main value of the town of Asila since ancient times were the fishing of salmon and other valuable fish. The economic basis of the estate served as a mill, sawmill, and husbandry. The article traces the line of inheritance, the evolutionary path of the estate and its economic structure until the XIX century.



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