Nikolay Sirotkin
Street
1842-1920
Nikolai Evgrafovich Sirotkin was a Russian church figure and educator, the rector of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Sign” in Zakharyino. He was born into the family of priest Evgraf Sirotkin. In 1869, he graduated from the Spaso-Vifanskaya Seminary and was assigned to Zakharyino, where he inherited a poor parish with a dilapidated 17th-century church, the restoration of which he dedicated his life to. For 33 years, he served as the dean of the Podolsk church district. Since 1869, he participated in phenological observations, recording weather and natural changes daily for over 50 years. These records became some of the longest in the history of phenology and formed the basis of many scientific studies. From 1878 to 1881, he was a member of the board of trustees for the families of soldiers, and from 1880 to 1886, he served as a deputy of the Podolsk Zemstvo Assembly. He devoted much effort to education, teaching in four schools and contributing to the establishment of ten educational institutions. In 1874, together with local peasants, he initiated the opening of a school in Gorodyaikha. In 1883, with the support of coach factory owner F.I. Sobolev, he opened a school in Zakharyino, which was expanded in 1889 by Y.K. Pakhulskaya. In 1893, with the assistance of entrepreneur N.I. Blandov, a zemstvo school was opened in Bykovka. From 1875 to 1917, Sirotkin was a correspondent for the Ministry of Agriculture, and his works were published in the Statistical Yearbook of the Moscow Province. In 1892, he founded a meteorological station equipped with instruments for comprehensive climate observations. He amassed a unique library of 2,000 books and a valuable numismatic collection, whose fate after his death remains unknown. Sirotkin actively engaged in local history research, studying archival documents and parish statistics, leaving behind valuable records of local life from the 18th to the early 20th century. The data he collected over many years is still used in climate research for Moscow and the Moscow region. In memory of Nikolai Sirotkin, a street in Moscow was named after him.
Address: Moscow, Nikolay Sirotkin street
