Dobrush paper factory

In 1870, Prince Paskevich "His Grace Prince Warsaw, Count Fyodor Ivanovich Paskevich Erivansky" founded a stationery factory in Dobrush, which ranked first in the group of enterprises of paper machines and printing products in Russia.

Initially, instead of the coarse mills that existed until that time, a wood-mass plant was set up, which was driven by one hundred-horsepower turbine. The plant produced about 70 pounds of wood pulp per day, the sale of which was difficult due to the lack of a railway and the absence of stationery factories in the neighborhood. In 1871, the first paper machine and the necessary machines for processing rags were installed. In 1872, the factory began to produce its first products. In 1875, the second, and in 1895 - the third paper machines were installed. In 1878, paper production was 180 pounds per day. It was low quality wrapping, writing and printing paper. In 1890, the profit of the factory amounted to 900 thousand rubles, in 1900 - 1600 thousand rubles, and the number of workers - 900 people.

The Dobrush paper mill twice at Russian industrial exhibitions (Moscow, 1882, Nizhny Novgorod, 1892) was awarded the highest award - the right to place the state emblem of the Russian Empire on its products.