THE KHATRANOV BROTHERS: NAKHICHEVAN'S CHARITIES AND COMMON FIGURES

Abstract

The article is devoted to public and charitable activities of the famous representatives of the Nakhichevan elite - the Khatranov brothers. Traditions of charity in the Khatranov family were laid by their grandfather - the city head Harutyun Pogosovich, and then their father. They donated money to repair churches and expand the cemetery. Their descendants, brothers Pavel and Ivan Khatranov, continued their good deeds. Both of them successfully combined entrepreneurial activity with charity, as well as conscientious service for the benefit of their native city. Their whole life was connected with their native city: the Khatranov brothers were born in Nakhichivan-on-Don and ended their days there. One of them - Pavel Egorovich - was a city head and a public representative of the city duma, Ivan Egorovich was a well-known benefactor. The name of Ivan Yegorovich is connected with the opening of an orphanage for Nakhichevan children. He also acted as the executor of his aunt's will, which left money for the construction of an almshouse and a cemetery church. The Khatranov brothers, according to contemporaries, were distinguished by their sensitivity, kindness, responsiveness and generosity. Both of them by their deeds left a good memory among their fellow citizens.