Fedor Artemievitch Terestchenko  (1832-1894)

He was the brother of Nicola and Simeon and son of the industrialist and sugar magnate Artemi Terestchenko. Their estates covered over 700,000 hectares in southern Russia and they operated more than a dozen large sugar refineries such as Martinovsky and another at Tchervonie. He was married twice but the first one was shortlived and barely spoken about. The second time was to Nadehzda Vladimirovna Khlopoff of the ancient and noble Khlopoff family which traced its roots back to Pepin the Great. Together they produced three children : Nadehzda, Nathalie and Fedor.

He was the second son of the three brothers. He died in 1894 and left his considerable fortune to his three children who at the time were all underage. It fell to his wife to manage his affairs while most of the businessses were overseen by Nicola and his son Ivan until their deaths in 1903. (Last Will-English) (Last Will-French)

The activities of Fyodor Tereshchenko were awarded the silver medal “for the proper organization of labor and good technical condition” at sugar factories and the gold medal “for the rational setting of sugar production”. At the Paris Industrial Exhibition in 1878, silver from the distillery of Fedor Tereshchenko was awarded with a silver medal. The high quality of sugar, alcohol, flour and exemplary farming on the estate of Nikola Tereshchenko were repeatedly noted at industrial exhibitions in Paris (1878), Moscow (1882), Kharkov (1887), Novgorod (1896). At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, the brothers Fedor and Nikola Tereshchenko received the highest awards for sugar, alcohol and flour of their own production.. The brothers Tereshchenko became cramped in the provincial Glukhov, and in the early 1870s they moved to Moscow where Fedor married his first wife. After 5 years they returned to Ukraine, where by that time the railway was built, which greatly facilitated the transportation of precious sugar. For the sake of further development of the family business, Nikola and Fedor Tereshchenko and their families moved to Kiev in 1875, which, with the completion of the railway and the opening of the stock exchange in 1865, turned into a real “sugar capital”.

ART COLLECTION SUGAR BREEDERS In the year of moving to Kiev, Tereshchenko bought the mansion of Prince San Donato, and then another house, where in fact under one roof there were living quarters, an office and a large art collection, which Nikola Artemyevich began to collect in Glukhov. Later, in the collecting passion, he was surpassed by his brother Fedor, who placed his collection in house number 9 on Alekseevskaya Street (now Tereschenkovskaya). Both sons of Nikola Tereshchenko and daughters Olga and Varvara also followed the example of their father both in philanthropy and in collecting works of art. Thanks to all of them, Kiev still has a rich collection of works of art in four museums: the National Art Museum, T. G. Shevchenko, Russian, Western and Eastern arts, three of which are located in houses that once belonged to Tereshchenko, and the fourth was built at the expense of the sugar factory family . This collection at one time competed with Tretyakov’s legacy in St. Petersburg, however, the lion's share of it (78 boxes with museum exhibits) during the Second World War was taken by the Germans to the Rieschau estate near Koenigsberg, and then to Wildenhof Castle, where it was destroyed in a fire during heavy fighting. Fedor and Nikola Tereshcheko were associated with Kiev even during their life in Glukhov. In 1871, the brothers became members of the newly formed Kiev branch of the Russian Technical Society and honorary members of several charitable societies.

CHARITY AND PUBLIC ACTIVITY On May 12, 1870, by the highest imperial decree, the merchant of the first guild Artemy Yakovlevich Tereshchenko for unselfish help to the fatherland, rendered (as noted in his “Genealogical Book of the Chernigov Nobility”) by his son Nikola, was elevated with all his descendants on the male line to the hereditary nobility of the Russian Empire. The motto for their family coat of arms Tereshchenko was chosen by the very eloquent words: "The desire for public affairs." They confirmed this motto by philanthropic activities for three generations. “There is not a single charitable and educational institution to which N, A. would not have provided assistance on a larger or smaller scale,” S. Yaron wrote. In addition, Nikola Artemyevich selflessly donated a lot of money for the needs of his native Glukhov, assisting orphanages, a city hospital and even prisoners - he headed the local department of custody of prisons. Even during his time in Glukhov, charity and a managerial gift evoked genuine respect in his compatriots. This is evidenced by the fact that for more than 20 years, Nikola Tereshchenko was elected to the Glukhov self-government. In 1851, at the age of 32, Nikola was elected senior burgomaster of Glukhov and held this position for 9 years, and then 14 years was the mayor. At the same time, he served as the chief governor of the Zemstvo assembly, a member of the Zemstvo council Glukhov, an honorary magistrate. Largely due to the business acumen of Nikola Artemyevich at the beginning of the 20th century, the Tereshchenko family already owned more than 150 thousand acres of land, sugar and sawmills, a cloth factory, distilleries. Having moved to Kiev, the Tereshchenko family continued charity work. Nikola Tereshchenko did not skimp on education, healthcare and other needs of the city, donating more than 2 million rubles to them. The first commercial school, Polytechnic Institute, Kiev-Podilsky Gymnasium, a girl’s trading school, the Trinity People’s House of the Literacy Society, a night shelter, a zoo. The City Museum of Antiquities and Art, the Pirogov Hospital at different times received patronage from him. Only for the construction and maintenance of the "Free Hospital of Tsarevich Nikolai for laborers" (now - "OKHMATDET"), he allocated about 510 thousand rubles.

Famous philanthropists Nikola and Fedor Tereshchenko earned the title of honorary citizens of the city of Kiev, assigned to them in 1892.  Owners of such a title received significant privileges: the right not to pay poll tax, not to serve recruiting duties, the right to freedom of movement and choice of place of residence, they were forbidden to be physically punished, and most importantly, they had a red carpet for high posts in local government. But this was not the goal of the Tereshchenko brothers, because long before that, in 1875, immediately after moving to Kiev, Nikola Artemyevich was elected the speaker of the City Duma and was twice called a candidate for mayor, but refused to run for office. In 1881, he refused the position of the speaker - "he was not able to attend meetings due to constant illness." But at the next election in March 1883, as if replacing his older brother, Fedor Artemievich became the Speaker of the Duma. In 1899, in commemoration of the merits of Nikola Artemyevich and in honor of his 80th birthday, the Kiev authorities decided to rename Alekseevskaya Street into Tereschenkovskaya. On the accounts of Nikola Tereshchenko alone in foreign banks there were more than 13 million rubles, not to mention the banks of Russia. In his declining years, he made a will, in which he named his son Ivan his main heir. Donations for charity events, such as the maintenance of hospitals, schools and monasteries in Kiev and Glukhov, were also identified there. But Ivan Nikolaevich outlived his father by only three weeks. And all his fortune, together with his father’s inheritance, went to four children and a widow who continued the work of her husband and father-in-law's patronage. After leaving the “sugar arena” of the Russian Empire, Nikola and Fedor Tereshchenko's industrial heritage - 11 sugar factories - continued to work. One of the oldest sugar factories in the village of  Tchervony, Sumy Region, which once belonged to Fedor Tereshchenko, is still functioning today.

The Headstone in the family crypt below the church in Hlukhiv