THE TEACHER AND THE MENTOR OF THE MANUFACTURER A.YA. AKCHURIN
This article examines the biography of G. Mustafin, the teacher and the mentor of one of the well - known representatives of the manufacturers and the patrons - Occuring Ali (Gali). Tatar merchants Akchurins were great industrialists and generous patrons of art. There were many capable people (lawyers, employees, teachers and religious figures) in their entourage. The fate of one of them, the shakird of the Kazan madrasah, Salihzyan Galeev-Gabdulla Mustafin, is interesting. Madrasah of Salihzyan Galeev (Barudi) was a well - known educational institution of the Volga region and the Urals. The native of Ufa province, Gabdulla Mustafin was one of the best shakirdas of madrasah. In the early twentieth century, he was invited by the manufacturer and patron of arts Yakub Suleymanovich Akchurin as a teacher for his son Ali (Gali). After arriving in the village of Old Timoshkino (Zia Bashy) of the Sengileevsk county of the Simbirsk province, Gabdulla attained the fame of an able teacher soon. He taught the ward to read, to write, to count, as well as the basics of mechanics, shoemaking and locksmith's crafts. The mentor worked as a mechanic and a dye master in the factory. When there was a talk about Gabdulla’s marriage, the owners took all the expenses. Gabdulla went to Kazan, where he married the daughter of Mullah Gabdulla Apanaev, Gaisha, on the advice of his teacher Salihzyan Galeev (brother of Galimjan Barudi (Galeev)). She was the granddaughter of the famous scientist and educator Shigabutdin Mardzhani. A spacious house was allocated for the newly - weds in the village. A happy family couple brought into life four children. Before 1917, there was a conflict between the Akchurins and the workers, in which Gabdulla supported the latter. As a result, the master and his family were forced to leave for their home, where he worked as a mechanic at the Belebeevsk factory of the Ufa province. Then the revolution, the civil war broke out. In the 20-ies of XX century G. Mustafin participated in the rebuilding of Bashkir ASSR factories. He died in the middle of the 20-ies of XX century.