Description of the attraction
The sweet historical landmark of Saratov, located next to the Children's Park, began its existence in the late nineteenth century, when the Miller brothers' factory began to produce sweets so rare for Russia: chocolate, various kinds of candies, candied fruits, caramel, marmalade, almond butter and other confectionery products.
The founders of the chocolate factory, the Miller family, are one of the oldest families of German colonists in the Volga region. Its ancestor was Heinrich Miller, who established the transportation of salt from Lake Elton to the colony of Warenburg, thereby laying the foundations of the family's well-being. Worthy descendants preserved and increased their capital, founding the trading house "A. K. Miller with sons" (later the "sons" were renamed brothers). The Millers owned houses, grain granaries and mills in the villages of Rovnoye, Privolnoye and in Pokrovskaya Sloboda (now the city of Engels), Saratov province.
Purchased yard place on Astrakhan by Miller's great-grandsons Johann and Andreas in 1899 from the bourgeoisie D. F. Naumov was intended for the production workshops of the factory. In 1903, as the newspapers knew, the factory was fully commissioned and by 1909 the confectionery shops were producing sweet products worth 112 thousand rubles annually. In 1913, the factory with all the equipment was sold for a decent amount to the merchant B. I. Solomonov, who set up a notebook factory and his own office in the purchased premises. There were also warehouses of Prince Paskevich's stationery factory.
In the first decade of Soviet power, the factory turned into an ordinary printing house No. 10. Later, for a long time, the building was occupied by a garment factory No. 5, and now the Miller brothers' chocolate factory, once known throughout Russia, is leased to small entrepreneurs.
