Craniofacial reconstruction of the Tyumen mayor for the purpose of personal identification

The article is devoted to the results of an examination of the fragments of the skull found during the restoration of the object of cultural heritage of federal significance “Church of the Savior”, located in the city of Tyumen. Presumably in the crypt of the temple in 1916 the merchant of the first guild, Tyumen mayor A.I. Tekutyev and his wife were reburied. Verification of this version made it necessary to study their biographies, compare the data of registers of deaths and press reports of that time. The article contains the biography of A.I. Tekutyev and outlines the impressive contribution he made to the development and prosperity of Tyumen. When the remains were found in the crypt of the Church of the Savior, the question arose about their identification. It is thanks to the importance of the figure of Tekutyev for the city that the authorities set out to pay tribute to his memory by reburying the remains (provided that their belonging to the famous mayor is proved) and perpetuating the memory by creating a memorial. The initiative was supported by the public of the city. In this regard, a search was carried out for the relatives of the mayor, which did not lead to positive results, which did not allows a genetic examination. Then it was decided to carry out the reconstruction of the lifetime appearance on the found remains by the method of restoring the face from the skull of M.M. Gerasimov and compare the resulting portraits with the available lifetime Tekutyev photographs. For a successful, but not necessarily positive, identification examination, satisfactory skull preservation and the presence of good quality photographs are necessary. Since both conditions were met, identification was possible. The examination allows us to conclude that the remains belonged to Tekutyev with a high degree of reliability.

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