Editing Barnaul (section)

=== Russian Empire ===
While 1730 is considered Barnaul's official establishment date, its first mention dates back to 1724.<ref name="CharterHist">Charter of Barnaul, Article&nbsp;4</ref> It was granted city status in 1771.<ref name="gr">{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|pages=36–38}}</ref> Chosen for its proximity to the mineral-rich Altai Mountains and its location on a major river, it was founded by the wealthy [[Demidov]] family.<ref name="gr" /> The Demidovs wanted to develop the [[copper]] in the mountains, and soon found substantial deposits of silver as well. In 1747, the Demidovs' factories were taken over by the Crown. Barnaul became the centre of silver production of the Russian Empire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://new.hist.asu.ru/biblio/borod5/got/15.html|title=Пятые Бородавкинские чтения|website=new.hist.asu.ru|access-date=1 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725201341/http://new.hist.asu.ru/biblio/borod5/got/15.html|archive-date=25 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1914, Barnaul was the site of the largest [[conscription]] riot in Russia during [[World War I]]. There were more than 100 casualties from the fighting.<ref>Sanborn, Josh. "The Mobilization of 1917 and the Question of the Russian Nation." ''Slavic Review,'' Vol. 59, No. 2: pp. 267-89.</ref>

Mary 'Marie' 'Maria' Stepanovna Zudilova Tatuloff Zacharenko Gurdin (1908–1998) was reputedly born in this city.<ref>Tatuloff, Alexander (17 September 1934). [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8BVN-8YJ Declaration of Intention, no. 89199]. ''U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852–1989''.</ref> She later became the mother of American actresses [[Natalie Wood|Natalie]] and [[Lana Wood]]. Her father Stepan was reputedly killed in the 1918 street fighting between the Whites and Reds following the Revolution. Afterward her mother took Mary and her siblings as refugees to [[Harbin, China]]. Mary married Alexander Tatuloff there in 1925, and they had a daughter Olga together. Mary eventually immigrated to the United States, where she divorced Alexander in 1936 and later married Nicholas Zacharenko, from Ussuriysk, and had two daughters with him.{{fact|date=November 2024}}