Sovetskaya St., 26, Perm, Perm Krai, Russia, 614045
Perm was a provincial city (not the largest) with an excellent transport network. "Branobel" carried out the full cycle of the oil business: extraction, processing, transportation, and sales. Oil from the Caspian fields was transported in oil-carrying barges up the Volga and Kama rivers; in Perm, the oil products were processed and stored, and from there they were transported by railway tank cars to the Vyatka and Tobolsk provinces, and to the present-day Sverdlovsk region, which was then part of the Perm province. It was the Nobel brothers who first began using closed barges for transportation — the forerunners of modern tankers, from which oil did not evaporate. The idea of the oil pipeline also belonged to the Nobel brothers.
The oil storage facility in the area of the current Kama Hydroelectric Station (not far from the village of Lyovshino) supplied fuel oil and kerosene to the Perm province and nearby cities. In 1882, it was decided to create an oil storage facility in Perm. The location chosen was convenient — near the village of Lyovshino, by the Kama River and the railway. Oil products were delivered by barges and then sent by steam locomotives.
In 1902, a sawmill was built in the settlement by the partnership. It produced aspen staves for wooden barrels.
In 1908, due to the expiration of the land lease, the warehouse was moved to a new location closer to Motovilikha. A new lease agreement was signed for 30 years, but for obvious reasons, the warehouse ceased operations much earlier. In Soviet times, the Kama oil base was established on this site.
Here, by some miracle, a tank has been preserved, now installed as a monument. The preserved tank was apparently excavated and installed as a monument on the Solikamsk highway near a gas station.
During the revolutionary years, all the Nobel property was nationalized. Their heirs left Russia. The current descendants live in various parts of the world.
A hundred years ago, the building at 26 Sovetskaya Street (formerly Torgovaya Street) housed the center of the Nobel brothers' oil empire. This building now belongs to the Medical Academy — it houses the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine. However, those who enjoy walking the streets of Perm and looking carefully around have surely guessed that this unusual green house with large wrought-iron grilles is part of a great history.
A commemorative plaque has now appeared on the wall of the building with the names and portraits of people who, at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries, inscribed Perm into the history of European science and business. A hundred years ago, this building was the center of the Nobel brothers' oil empire. They were progressive in their activities and made a significant contribution to the development of Perm. At the beginning of the 20th century, "Nobel" workers' houses and hospitals were opened in the city.
Sources:
https://permyachok.ru/zdanie-byvshej-kontory-tovarishhestva-bratev-nobel
https://klyaksina.livejournal.com/1260256.html
https://www.newsko.ru/articles/nk-270144.html
