George Fomin

Background

George Fomin was born on January 2, 1878, in Borisoglebsk, Voronezh, Russian Federation.

Education

George Fomin finished Novokhopersk school.

Career

George Fomin worked as a clerk of traffic services, then as a clerk of the pension fund of the South-Eastern railway. From 1912 till 1914 he was a reporter of the newspaper "Voronezh Telegraph". From 1914 till 1918 worked as a clerk of the department of public education of the Provincial Zemstvo Board.

George Fomin was a member of the scientific and photographic society, Voronezh Scientific Archive Commission. He served in the governorate Cooperatives Board. From 1922 till 1931 George Fomin worked as a technician for standardizing work in Kustpromsoyuz, as a research associate of the ethnographic department of the Voronezh Regional Museum of local lore.

George Fomin worked on the construction of the White Sea-Baltic Canal, the Volga-Moscow Canal, where he published a high-circulation newspaper. He was an editor of the Voronezh cooperative field magazine and Svetopis. He also illustrated "guide to Voronezh for school trips", "Voronezh cooperative calendar for 1919" and other publications.

Membership

• Scientific and photographic society

• Voronezh Scientific Archive Commission , Voronezh