About SCHILKIN
around 1900 - The married couple Natalie and Apollon Shilkin produced spirits in St. Petersburg. Thanks to the exceptional quality of the vodka they produced, they even managed to gain recognition at the Tsar's court. 1921 - The Russian Revolution forces Apollon Fredrovich Shilkin and his family to leave their home in St. Petersburg. The family found a new home in Berlin in the 1920s. 1932 - SCHILKIN spirits production is resumed on the grounds of the Alt-Kaulsdorf estate by the married couple Natalie and Apollon Schilkin. 1945 - Sergei Schilkin takes over his parents' business, which has been almost completely destroyed by the war, and begins post-war production under difficult conditions. 1948 - After initial successes, Sergei Schilkin founds SCHILKIN KG BERLIN 1972 - The traditional family business is expropriated and transferred to VEB SCHILKIN. Sergei Schilkin continues to run the now state-owned company as operations director until his retirement. 1981 - After Sergei Schilkin retires, the family loses its company for the second time - seemingly for good. The company is run by state-appointed plant managers until the fall of communism. 1989 - The political situation changes dramatically; the Wall falls ... The unbelievable happens: 1990 - VEB SCHILKIN is reprivatized on 30 June. At the age of 75, Sergei Schilkin becomes the owner of his company again - now SCHILKIN GmbH & Co. KG BERLIN - and once again takes over the management of the traditional company. 1992 - In order to ensure the continuation of the family business, Peter Mier, Sergei Schilkin's son-in-law, follows the call to Berlin. The successful business graduate succeeds Sergei Schilkin as managing partner on August 1. In the same year, the subsidiary "SCHILKIN - Dagwino St. Petersburg" is founded, and the "Tsar's Vodka", which was already highly regarded at the Tsar's court and produced according to a traditional family recipe, is given a new lease of life with unique equipment! The 1990s saw the restructuring of what had been a state-owned company for many years into a market-oriented business. A fundamental modernization of production is combined with the development of a successful, modern and trend-conscious product range. 1999 - SCHILKIN's internationalization efforts culminate in the founding of ZarenImports Ltd. in Michigan, USA. 2000 - Selected products are successfully launched on the US market. 2001 - On January 1, the graduate engineer Patrick Mier, grandson of Sergei Schilkin, joins the company as a further managing director. This means that the long-standing tradition of the family business is now being continued by the fourth generation. 2003 - SCHILKIN is one of the first spirits producers to receive IFS certification. 2005 - SCHILKIN sets out to conquer the Chinese market. 2007 - On July 18, 2007, Sergei Apollonowitsch Schilkin passes away at the age of 91.
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