Historical background: Semyon Grigorievich Galkin, owner of a workshop specializing in the manufacture of silver items. In 1892, his company was called Trading House of S.G. Galkin and Co. The silver factory took part in the All-Russian Art and Industrial Exhibition of 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod, where it was awarded a medal. Later, Galkin, a silversmith, together with his brother founded a Trading House, which in 1912 became known as GALKINS, Semyon and Petr Grigorievich, Brothers.
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